[Rarebooks] FS: German biographical reference work, etc., by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Nuremberg: 1730

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Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel. HISTORISCHE NACHRICHT VON DEN
NURNBERGISSHCHEN MATHEMATICIS UND KUNSTLERN, Welche von Dreyen Seculis
her durch ihre Schrifften und Kunst-Bemuhungen die Mathematic und
Mehreste Kunste in Nurnberg vor Andern Trefflich Befordert, und sich
Verdient Gemacht. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monaths. 1730. First edition.
Folio. (20),314,(18)pp. Indices. Plus 15 fine copper engraved plates (5
folding). Title printed in red & black with a copper engraved printer's
vignette. Cont. vellum (hand lettered spine, lightly soiled) over
boards. $4,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Doppelmayr (1671-1750), professor of mathematics at Nuremberg and
fellow of the Royal Society of London and the academies of Berlin and
St. Petersburg, was famous not only for his scientific publications but
also for his skill in polishing mirrors and grinding lenses for
telescopes, and later, for his electrical experiments. Over three
hundred and sixty scientists and artists are noted, including Johann
Schoner, Daniel Schwenter, Johann Homann, Virgil Solis, Albrecht Durer,
Anton Koberger, Michael Wolgemuth, Joachim von Sandrart, Sebald Behaim,
&c. Their biographies are arranged chronologically from the fifteenth
to the eighteenth century. The beautiful engravings illustrate Behaim's
globe (as a world map in 2 hemispheres), J.Hautsch's festival carriage,
Hans Hayden's clavier, fountains, statues, art work by Adam Krafft,
Veit Stoss, Peter Fischer and others, technical inventions such as
artificial eyes, &c. Besterman 1817. Graesse II 427. Poggendorff I 594.

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