Sopra le macchine-a-vapore

by Luigi Serristori

$1,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Florence: Magheri, 1816. 8vo. iv , 97, 1 pp. FIRST EDITION. 8 folding etched plates. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced. Bookplate and stamp of collector Marcel Bekus, old catalog entry pasted inside front panel. Light foxing, otherwise a good copy. Item #20071 First edition of the earliest Italian book on steam engines. The text recounts the history of steam power and its

• Binding: Wrappers

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