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BESSON (JACQUES)
Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum... cum Franc. Beroaldi figurarum declaratione demonstrativa

10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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BESSON (JACQUES)

Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum... cum Franc. Beroaldi figurarum declaratione demonstrativa, title within wide woodcut architectural border, 60 engraved plates, browning and staining, title repaired slightly affecting text, some repairs and restorations, mainly to inner margins but affecting one or two plates, modern morocco [Adams B838], folio, Lyon, Barthelemy Vincent, 1578

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The Beroaldus edition of Besson's work on engineering machinery and mathematical instruments. Most of the plates were engraved for Besson by the architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau in the 1560s, four being engraved later by René Boyvin. Together they comprise a fine visual record of the state of the mechanical engineering at the end of the sixteenth century, including tools for stone-cutting, raising ships, dredging etc., together with designs for wells, pontoons, mill-wheels, and a water-driven musical clock.

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