Theatrum instrumentorum et Machinarum

by Jacques Besson

$9,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Early edition, with Latin commentary, of the most influential illustrated technological compendium of the Renaissance, "the first independent work on machinery published" - Zeitlinger. In 1569 King Charles IX appointed Besson master of the King's engines, and gave him exclusive rights to publish his designs; he quickly produced this lavishly..... More

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