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FURTENBACH, Joseph (1591-1667). Mannhafter Kunst-Spiegels, oder Continuatio, und Fortsetzung allerhand mathematisch- und mechanisch-hochnutzlich- so wol auch sehr erfrölichen Delectationen. Augsburg, J. Schultes, 1663. 4to. Illustrated with folding copper-plate frontispiece and plates 2-32 (lacks plate 3, but has the plate numbered 11 ½ ). This copy also lacks the portrait found in a few copies. [xxvi], 1-292 pp. Approximately 12 ½ x 8”. Disbound (text toned, edgeworn, frontispiece and plate 31 supplied from another copy and with paper repairs to verso, a few other plates with paper repairs to verso). Fair. FIRST EDITION. A beautifully illustrated book with sections on arithmetic, geometry, planimetry, geography, astronomy, navigation, perspective, mechanics, grottowork, water pipes, fireworks, gunsmithing, military and civil architecture, and shipbuilding.