Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathematique et de mecanique; ou, Description du cabinet de monsieur Grollier de Serviere
A catalogue of the mechanical cabinet assembled by Nicolas Grollier de Servière, published by his grandson in Lyon in 1719 for collectors, engineers and curious patrons. Copperplate figures show timber-framed mills, gear trains, water wheels, cranes and pumps in numbered elevations against blank or lightly hatched ground, offering designers clean line diagrams of machinery and lettered keys.
