‎WILHELM, JOHANN (+) BOCKLER, GEORG ANDREAS.‎
‎Architectura civilis, oder Beschreibung und Vorreissung vieler vornehmer Dachwerk [...]. 2 parts. (+) Theatrum Machinarum Novum.‎

‎(Architectura civilis:) Nuremberg, Paul Fürst, (no year) (Theatrum Machinarum Novum:) Nuremberg, 1703. Folio (345 x 240). In contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Extremities with wear. Boards with scratches, front board missing leather in lower margin. Frontiespiece of vol. 1 missing paper in outer margin. A few plates with tears but overall internally fine. (Architectura civilis:) (Frontiespiece), 5 ff. + 43 engraved plates" (Frontiespiece), 5 ff. + 30 engraved plates. (Theatrum Machinarum Novum:) (Frontiespiece), (10), 40 pp. + 153 engraved plates, wanting plate no. 8.‎

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‎Later edition of Wilhelm’s famous ""Architectura civilis"", first published in 1668. It reached several editions and remained a standard work for timber architecture until the second half of the 18th century. Withbound is Georg Böckler’s reissue from 1703 of his extensive work on windmills, pumps and other hydraulic machines.‎