Leupold (Jakob) Theatrum machinarum generale. Schau-Platz des Grundes mechanische Wissenschaften, 71 engraved plates, 1724; Theatrum machinarum hydrotechnicarum..., 51 engraved plates, half-title loose, 1724; Theatrum machinarium..., 56 engraved plates (one double-page (loose), 1725; Theatrum machinarum hydraulicarum, Oder, Schau-Platz der Wasser-Künste, 2 vol., 105 engraved plates, 2 folding, 1724-25; Theatri statici universalis, sive theatrum staticum, das ist: Schau-Platz der Gewicht-Kunst unde Waagen, Parts I-IV, 57 engraved plates, 1726, together 5 works in 2 vol., first editions, half-titles, title in red & black, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, some browning to text but plates generally clean and bright, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt, edges partly red to denote sections, a little worn and scuffed, folio, Leipzig, C. Zunkel, for the author and son of J.F. Gleditsch
⁂ Part of this enyclopaedic work on technology published between 1724 and 1739, by the director of mines to the Elector of Saxony.
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