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Jacques Besson : Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum

Barthelemy Vincent, Lyon, c. 1578

Recent ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 6 compartments of raised bands gilt lettering on two. , Occasional minor offsetting on pages facing plates, part of plates 24 and 56 are missing and provided in facsimile, the errata and the pages describing plates 36-60 are missing; otherwise in good condition, plates are generally clean and crisp., Folio, P. title, privilege, preface, (1), plate explanation (9), 52 plates., With 52 plates, missing the following 8 plates: 17, 50, 51, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Text in Latin
“Besson’s work was first published under the title, Instrumentorum et Machinarum…liber primus [Instruments and Machines…, the first book], The first edition printed in Lyon around 1571-1572, was followed by three editions (with the title changed to Theatrum instumentorum et machinarum…), all printed in Lyon in 1578. One was a Latin edition, another was French (Theatre des Instrumens mathematiques & mechaniques…), and a third had a Latin (our edition) and French title page with French text in the preliminary leaves…Besson’s book proved quite popular and went through numerous editions in Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and German from 1578 to 1602.” (Smithsonian Intitution Libraries), Adams 838

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