Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis De re vehiculari veterum libri duo. Accedit Pyrrhi Ligorii V.C. De vehiculis fragmentum : nunquam ante publicatum, ex bibliotheca Sereniss. Reg. Christinae, cum ejusdem I. Schefferi Arg. annotationibus

Scheffer, Johannes, 1621-1679, Örnhielm, Claudius Arrhenius, 1627-1695, Schurtz, Cornelius Nicolaus, Zunner, Johann David, active approximately 1653-1705, Andreae, Johann, 1626-1693, Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583. De familiis Romanis. Selections · 1671 · Francofurti : Ex officina Zunneriana, typis Joannis Andreae · 34 pictures

A Latin treatise on ancient vehicles by Johannes Scheffer, a Swedish-born scholar at Uppsala, published in Frankfurt in 1671 for classical scholars and antiquarians. Its woodcut and engraved plates show chariots, carts and wheeled frames reconstructed from ancient sources, giving a designer clear, schematic views of historical carriage construction, spoked wheels and harness layouts.

Carriages and carts

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