Mechanics.- Böckler (Georg Andreas) Theatrum Machinarum Novum, first edition, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, 154 engraved plates, woodcut decorations, bookplate, additional title working loose, small marginal worm trace affecting rear endpapers and last plate, the odd marginal tear, a few stains and some surface soiling, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title supplied in manuscript on paper label to spine, some staining, folio, Nuremberg, Christoff Gerhard for Paul Fürst, 1661.

⁂ Böckler was a German architect and engineer with a particular interest in complex gearing and mechanical systems. This work is a celebrated seventeenth-century machine book, renowned for its detailed engravings of hydraulic devices, mills, and elaborate mechanisms, reflecting the period’s fascination with mechanical ingenuity.