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Ramelli, (Agostino) - Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Nelle quali si contengono varii et industriosi Movimenti, degni di Grandissima Speculatione, per cavarne beneficio infinito in ogni sorte d'operatione. Paris, in casa del autore 1588. In-folio full calf, coat of arms and initials on cover "S.G.V.U.Z.H." (Sigmund von Haimhausen), 16 ff. 338 ff. First edition of this mechanical work by the Italian-born mathematician Agostino Ramelli, dedicated to King Henri III, featuring a frontispiece title and portrait of the author by Léonard Gaultier, and 194 plates, 20 of which are double-page plates numbered I to CXCV, depicting machines in action: hydraulic machines, movable bridges, forges, cranes, fountains, siege machines, etc. The plates are accompanied by a number of illustrations. These plates are accompanied by explanatory texts in Italian and French. A fundamental work for the history of technology. Mortimer II, 452 - Riccardi I, 341 - Brun, Le livre français illustré de la Renaissance (1969), p. 280. A well-preserved copy, virtually free of foxing, the binding's jaws are slightly worn and worn, but the binding remains solid.
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Ramelli, (Agostino) - Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Nelle quali si contengono varii et industriosi Movimenti, degni di Grandissima Speculatione, per cavarne beneficio infinito in ogni sorte d'operatione. Paris, in casa del autore 1588. In-folio full calf, coat of arms and initials on cover "S.G.V.U.Z.H." (Sigmund von Haimhausen), 16 ff. 338 ff. First edition of this mechanical work by the Italian-born mathematician Agostino Ramelli, dedicated to King Henri III, featuring a frontispiece title and portrait of the author by Léonard Gaultier, and 194 plates, 20 of which are double-page plates numbered I to CXCV, depicting machines in action: hydraulic machines, movable bridges, forges, cranes, fountains, siege machines, etc. The plates are accompanied by a number of illustrations. These plates are accompanied by explanatory texts in Italian and French. A fundamental work for the history of technology. Mortimer II, 452 - Riccardi I, 341 - Brun, Le livre français illustré de la Renaissance (1969), p. 280. A well-preserved copy, virtually free of foxing, the binding's jaws are slightly worn and worn, but the binding remains solid.
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