1671 1ed Ancient Vehicles Chariots Archaeology Machines Inventions Scheffer

1671 1^ed Ancient Vehicles Chariots Archaeology Machines Inventions Scheffer

The most comprehensive study on ancient vehicles!

Johannes Scheffer was a 17^th-century humanist known serving as librarian to Christian of Sweden and studies in classical philology. However, his most impressive and arguably famous work was his treatise on the vehicles of antiquity. ‘De re Vehiculari Veterum’ covers all modes of transportation, mechanical and otherwise, from cultural, technical, and archaeological perspectives. This work is considered the most comprehensive book on ancient vehicles, particularly at a time when this study had not been approached.

Published in 1671, this rare first edition is filled with in-text woodcut engravings of oxen and carts, chariots, wheels, collars, and much more.

Item number: #4013

Price: $750

SCHEFFER, Johannes Gerhard

Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis De re vehiculari veterum libri duo : accedit Pyrrhi Ligorii … De vehiculis fragmentum nunquam ante publicatum ex bibliotheca sereniss. reg. Christinæ cum ejusdem J. Schefferi Arg. annotationibus

Francofurti : Ex Officina Zunneriana : Typis Johannis Andreæ, 1671. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [1 blank], [8], 286; 422, [1 blank]
  • Numerous in-text engravings throughout
• References: Brunet 29030
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8in X 6.75in (20cm x 17cm)

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