Two volumes. 4to. [unpaginated]. Contemporary 3/4 leather and dark green cloth. Front joints starting, some loss to cloth on rear board of first volume, all edges red, a heavy set. Volume I: 690,602 - 707,230; Volume II: 707,340 - 735,774. Stamped in gilt at the base of each spine: "J.I.C.T.M. Co." Printed text, with illustrations of some 250 patents, each approx. 4 pp., with specifications for inventions related chiefly to automobiles, as well as some for wagons, carriages, and motorcycles. The owner of this set was the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company. Formed by Jerome I. Case in Racine, Wisconsin in the 1840s, the company developed and manufactured a steam powered thresher for the expanding agricultural market in the mid-west. According to Gerald Karwowski's article on the company, the first Case "traction" engine won a gold medal at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. By the early 20th century, the company began to develop gas-powered agricultural equipment. This