[Hydraulic engineering] Theatrum Machinarum Universale

Of keurige verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken (...) door Tileman van der Horst, vol. I: Amsterdam, W. Holtrop & N.T. Gravius. Laatste en beste druk (no date) and Jacob Polley, vol. II: Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1774. 2 parts in one vol.

Large folio, halfleather, marbled boards. Titles in red and black with printer's mark. 14 and 8 pp. Double-page illustrated dedication. Vol. I with 25 copper engravings. Vol. II with 24 and 6 (extra) copper engravings. Complete with 49 plates and 5 extra plates of Nieuwe Duyker Sluijs tot Lutje Schardam and a design of the IJs Breker. Plates mostly folding and several composite. Very good copy with new binding and endpapers.