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MUSSCHENBROEK, Johann van (1660-1707). Beschreibung der Doppelteb und einfachen Luftpumpe nebst einer Sammlung von verschiedenen nuzlichen und jehrreichen Bersuchen, welche man mit der Luftpumpe machen fan. Augsburg: bey Eberhard Kletts fel. Wittib, 1765. Ornaments and initials, 6 folding engraved plates [bound with:] Johann Friedrich HARTMANN (d. 1800). Electrische Experimente im luftleeren Raume. Hanover: [no publisher], 1766. Ornaments and initials, folding engraved plate at the end. 2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (172 x 105mm). (Variable but mostly marginal spotting, staining and browning.) Contemporary paper boards (upper joints split, extremities rubbed, some staining). Provenance: “Verein für Rostocks Altertümer” (stamps on front pastedown and on verso of plates); another Rostock stamp on title of first work; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. First work: Poggendorff II, 247.