Tre discorsi sopra il modo d'alzar acqve da' lvoghi bassi : per adacquar terreni : per leuar l'acque sorgenti & piouute dalle cãpagne, che non possono naturalmente dare loro il decorso : per mandare l'acqua da bere alle città, che n'hanno bisogno, & per altri simili vsi
Three discourses on raising water from low ground for irrigation, drainage and town supply, written by the physician-engineer Giuseppe Ceredi and printed by Seth Viotti at Parma in 1567 for patrons and practitioners of hydraulic works. The woodcuts are small framed line diagrams of Archimedean screws, curved pipes and spiral coils, keyed with letters A-D and shaded with close parallel hatching, offering designers spare geometric mechanical forms and a compact diagram vocabulary.
