Gli Artificiosi et curiosi moti spiritali

by Hero Of Alexandria

$2,650 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Second edition of Aleotti's Italian translation of Hero's Pneumatics, and like the author's related title on automata, of interest for 17th-century theatrical machinery and festival productions. The mechanical wonders of the school of Alexandria gave the Renaissance Vitruvian architect engineer the sources he needed, for example, for garden automata; for..... More

• Binding: Leather

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