£900
3 vols. in four parts plus plate volume, bound as three volumes, 4to, pp. xvi, 164, viii, 152 + 138 plates. Contemporary half marbled sheep, marbled boards, spines divided by gilt rules, orange glazed paper labels. Poor-quality paper a bit toned, some foxing. Extremities just a touch rubbed. Modern bookplate to pastedowns.
One of the most important German works on turning, largely based on French models but with some original ideas from the author, Johann Gottlieb Geissler (1753-1816). Geissler was a technical writer and translator from a family of craftsmen, and spent some time studying watchmaking in Zittau (a subject about which he also published a large multi-volume work), but otherwise little is known of his life.
