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

Praktische Anweisung zur Wasserbaukunst : welche eine Anleitung zur Entwerfung, Veranschlagung, und Ausführung der am gewöhnlichsten vorkommenden Wasserbaue enthält

Authors: Gilly, David, 1748-1808
Published: Kosten der Verfasser, 1802

Physical Description: 4 volumes : illustrations

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