Die Maschinen-Elemente - ihre Berechnung und Konstruktion mit Rücksicht auf die neueren Versuche - Bände. Erster Band Text, zweiter Band Tafeln und Tabellen. Two volumes. Alfred Kroner Verlag, Leipzig. Quarto. 1908. 952, 65 double page plates, 29pp. Publisher's adverts. Text diagrams and illustrations in addition to the plate volume. Half morocco. Spines in five bands, leather labels, decorative gilt. All edges marbled. Both volumes have the front endpaper trimmed, possibly as issued. Spines a little faded. Some edge wear. Occasional spotting. A handsome, heavy set. Carl Bach (1847-1931), the founder of modern static elasticity and strength theory