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[ENERGY SAVING.] Beschreibung neuer holzsparenden Oefen und Feuerherde, zum
Militär- und Civil-Gebrauch. Wien, v. Schönfeld, 1808. $5500
Folio, pp. xvi, xv-xxxiv, 47, [1] blank, xliii (pp. xxxiii, xxxiv, xliii, and xliiii are folding printed leaves
printed on recto only), 22 engraved plates, one of which folding; very clean and crisp in
contemporary calf-backed paste-paper boards; from the library of the architecture department of
the Ljubljana, Laibach, with stamps to front free endpaper and one small faint stamp to title; a fine
crisp copy.
First and only edition, rare, of this detailed comparative report on energy-saving heating
and cooking systems. The first tests were run by an Austrian government commission
charged by archduke Karl with reducing the use of firewood, comparing existing types of
stoves, ovens, cooking ranges etc and developing the most energy-efficient model for
each application. Not only energy consumption was studied, but also manufacturing
costs and energy needs for constructing the ovens in question.
The very detailed report covers military institutions, (distinguishing between the needs of
large dormitories and smaller more intimate officer housing) hospitals, prisons, schools,
but also for private use. The finely engraved plates show various kinds of ovens, with
technical details and detailed instructions for use. Of particular interest is the supplement
showing on comparative tables heating efficiency measured and contrasted with
construction costs, building materials and ease of handling. Two forms to be completed
after further experiments are also included.
There was a flurry of publications on energy-saving ovens and cookers in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century. What differentiates this publication from them,
is its great attention to detail and the scientific approach to assessing the energy efficiency
of the final installation. Moreover, rather than just heating for public or private spaces,
calculations are also made for use in manufacturing industry, such as dyeing works.
Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'; uncommon, RLIN/OCLC list just two copies at Chicago and Minnesota,
KVK adds copies at Bavarian State Library, Dresden and the Deutsches Museum, Munich.
Fine Armorial Binding
28.
ERNESTI, Johann Heinrich Gottfried. Die wol-eingerichtete Buchdruckerey, mit
hundert und achtzehen Teutsch-Lateinisch-Griechisch- und Hebräischen Schrifften,
vieler fremden Sprachen Alphabeten, musicalischen Noten, Calender-Zeichen und
Medicinischen Characteren, ingleichen allen üblichen Formaten bestellet, und mit
accurater Abbildung der Erfinder der löblichen Kunst, nebst einer summarischen
Nachricht von den Buchdruckern in Nürnberg, ausgezieret. Am Ende ist das
gebräuchliche Depositions-büchlein angefüget. Nürnberg, gedruckt und zu finden bey
Johann Andreä Endters seel. Sohn und Erben, 1721. $6800
Oblong 4to, pp. [58] including engraved frontispiece and title page printed in red and black, 140,
[2], 24; all text printed within a black border, partly printed in red and black, numerous tables and
figures and thirteen engraved printers' portraits in the text; G4 music type face entirely engraved;
bound with the unsigned leaf of correction marks (in red and black) which is often missing; very
clean and fresh; bound in contemporary full vellum, with the arms of the monastery Stift Lambach