Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta

Böckler, Georg Andreas, Sturm, Johann Christophorus, 1635-1703, Aubry, Abraham, Schwan, Balthazar, d. 1624, Fürst, Paul, ca. 1605-1666, Gerhard, Christoph, 1624-1681 · 1664 · Norimbergæ, Impensis Pauli Fürsten, biblio-technopolae, typis Christophori Gerhardi · 233 pictures

A Latin treatise on hydraulics, fountains and garden waterworks compiled by Georg Andreas Böckler and published by Paul Fürst in Nuremberg in 1664, addressed to architects, garden designers and princely patrons. The 235 engravings show fountain jets, basins, mascarons, grottoes, aqueduct machinery, garden parterres and labyrinth plans, drawn in fine line against blank or lightly clouded skies, giving usable silhouettes of spouting water, stepped plinths and scrollwork ornament.

Fountains · Buildings · Gardens

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