Penther (Johann Friedrich) Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht nur alle bey dem Feld-Messen vorkommende Fälle, 1755, bound with another work.
Penther (Johann Friedrich) Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht nur alle bey dem Feld-Messen vorkommende Fälle, mit Stäben, dem Astrolabio, der Boussole, und der Mensul, in Ausmessung eintzeler Linien, Flächen und gantzer Revier, engraved frontispiece, title with short marginal repair, Augsburg, Jeremiah Wolff, 1755 bound with Zugabe Zur Praxi Geometriæ, Augsburg, Heirs of Jeremiah Wolff & Johann Michael Probst, 1754, together 2 works in 1 vol., Gothic letter, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 39 engraved folding plates, contemporary calf, strengthened and repaired, [Tomash & Williams P38 & 39], folio.
⁂ The first is the major German work on geometry and surveying of its day, the second is a continuation of the same, the two were seemingly often sold together.
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Penther (Johann Friedrich) Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht nur alle bey dem Feld-Messen vorkommende Fälle, mit Stäben, dem Astrolabio, der Boussole, und der Mensul, in Ausmessung eintzeler Linien, Flächen und gantzer Revier, engraved frontispiece, title with short marginal repair, Augsburg, Jeremiah Wolff, 1755 bound with Zugabe Zur Praxi Geometriæ, Augsburg, Heirs of Jeremiah Wolff & Johann Michael Probst, 1754, together 2 works in 1 vol., Gothic letter, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 39 engraved folding plates, contemporary calf, strengthened and repaired, [Tomash & Williams P38 & 39], folio.
⁂ The first is the major German work on geometry and surveying of its day, the second is a continuation of the same, the two were seemingly often sold together.