Praktische Anweisung zur Wasserbaukunst : welche eine Anleitung zur Entwerfung, Veranschlagung, und Ausführung der am gewöhnlichsten vorkommenden Wasserbaue enthält / herausgegeben von D. Gilly und J.A. Eytelwein, königlich preußischen geheimen Ober-Bau-Räthen ; mit 14 Kupfertafeln.

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An important work on hydraulic engineering and land drainage, written by two pioneers in the field.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Marilee E. Thomas and Robert C. Thomas Science and Related Subjects Collection.
Corporate Author: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (Former owner)
Other Authors: Gilly, David, 1748-1808 (Editor)
Eytelwein, Johann Albert, 1764-1848 (Editor)
Language:German
Published: Berlin : Auf Kosten der Verfasser, 1802[-1808]
Series:Marilee E. Thomas and Robert C. Thomas Science and Related Subjects Collection.
Subjects:
Hydraulic engineering.
Engravings (prints)
Booksellers' labels > Germany > Berlin.
Booksellers' labels.
Embossed stamps > United States > Michigan > Dearborn > 20th century.
Embossed stamps.
Genre:
Engravings (prints)
Booksellers' labels
Booksellers' labels.
Embossed stamps
Embossed stamps.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Inscription in an early hand on title page of volume 1: "Spittel"; blue bookseller's label (laste 19th-/early 20th-century) on recto of front free end-paper: "Ernst Wasmuth Buchhandlung G.m.b.H., Berlin [...]" (partially filled in in manuscript); embossed stamp on page [7] of volume 1: "The Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan" (now the Henry Ford Museum); booksellers' notes in pencil on front paste-down and recto of front free end-paper (some erased); bookseller's descriptions, by Jeff Weber Rare Books, Carlsbad, California, available in MSS 466, Box 5, Folder 201.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Marilee E. Thomas and Robert C. Thomas.
MSU: Library holds volumes one and two only (bound together).
MSU: Bound in the following sequence: text of volume 1, text of volume 2, plates of volume 1, plates of volume 2.
MSU: Plates of volume 2 on blue paper.
MSU: A small portion of the foot of the title page to volume 1 has been cropped.
Binding Information:
In contemporary quarter calf, with marbled paper over paste-boars; spine tooled and stamped in gilt; red leather spine label, lettered in gilt; blue-green edges.
Physical Description:4 volumes, folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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