1671 TREATISE on the TRANSPORT of ANTIQUITY antique ILLUSTRATED vellum bound

Scheffer, J.

De re vehiculari veterum libri duo.
Accedit P. Ligorii de vihiculis fragmentarum. 


2 parts in one volume

 Frankfurt, Zunner; 1671

3 leaves, 286, 422 pp.


With engraved title,  42 text woodcuts.


Original green colored vellum.

- VD17 23:237989W. Brunet 29030. Graesse VIII, 297. Bibl. Dt. Mus., Libri rari 245 (only Part 1). ADB XXX, 681. First edition. -

Treatise on the transport of antiquity.

Describes the technology and construction of the various types of wagons, disc and spoked wheels, axles, etc., with corresponding illustrations.

- Title stamped and with a crease, browned and foxed.

Size 6 by 8"

Text in Latin
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