Voch, Lukas. Allgemeines Baulexicon, oder Erklärung der deutschen und französischen Kunstwörter, in der bürgerlichen, Kriegs- und Schiffbaukunst, wie auch der Hydrotechnik und Hydraulik.

€ 400.00

First edition.

A compact reference work for the principal terms of building and architecture, explaining the vocabulary used by engineers, builders, bricklayers, stonecutters, carpenters, locksmiths and other craftsmen, while also covering frequent terms of hydraulic engineering, shipbuilding and military construction. The final page provides a list of other works by the same author, prices added by hand. Modern ownership "Gass" to flyleaf.

Title vignette not properly aligned. Paper variously browned and brownstained. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his signed and stamped ownerships, dated 1984, to the flyleaf and pastedown.