P. Gasparis Schotti ... Magiae universalis naturae et artis, pars II, acustica, in VII libros digesta : quibus ea, quae ad auditum, & auditus obiectum spectant, methodice, ac summa varietate pertractantur; universaque auditus, soni, vocis humanae, harmoniae, musicaeque tam theoricae quam practicae oeconomia, per analogiam fere oeconomiam visus ac visionis, coloris, luminis, specierumque illorum, explicatur; ac variis, raris, minusque obviis praxibus & experimentis stabilitur; additis indicibus necessariis, nec non cum figuris aeri incisis
Gaspar Schott's 1674 Latin treatise on acoustics, part of his Magia universalis naturae et artis, published in Würzburg-area print circles for scholars and natural philosophers of the seventeenth century. Its pages hold crisp copperplate engravings of apparatus: pipes, wheels, and mechanical devices drawn in fine line with lettered reference keys, offering a designer a model of early scientific diagram style with dense hatching, labelled cutaways, and precise mechanical geometry.
