Fontana (Carlo) Utilissimo Trattato dellAcque Correnti..., first edition, Rome, Gio.Francesco …

Fontana (Carlo) Utilissimo Trattato dell'Acque Correnti..., first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 80 engraved illustrations as chapter headings, 2 folding engraved plates by A.Specchi after Fontana, with register leaf at end, some light browning, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, spine repaired at head, [Berlin Kat. 3613; Fowler 123, lacking the 2 folding plates; Millard Italian 39], folio, Rome, Gio.Francesco Buagni, 1696. ⁂ Elegantly-illustrated work on hydraulic engineering, from aqueducts to fountains.