[Rarebooks] FS: Ramelli's illustrated masterwork of Renaissance technology. Paris: 1588

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(TECHNOLOGY) Ramelli, Agostino. LA DIVERSE ET ARTIFICIOSE MACHINE… Dal Ponte 
Della Tresia Ingegniero del Christianissimo Re di Francia et di Pollonia. 
Composte in Lingua Italiana et Francese. Paris: In Casa del’Autore. 1588. Folio. 
First edition. ff.(16),338. Text in French and Italian. Each page of text 
enclosed by a border of type ornaments. Illustrated with an engraved title within 
an architectural border, a portrait on the verso of the engraved title, and 195 
engraved plates (20 are double page). (Note: plates numbered 148 and 149 are 
a single double-page plate). Expertly bound in full modern blind ruled calf 
done in antique style. One leaf (f.82) with a paper repair at bottom blank 
margin.     $37,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The great “various & ingenious machines” of Ramelli depicts pumps, 
fountains, derricks, bridges, mills, hydraulic machinery, military machines, cranes and 
pneumatic devices. The engravings are considered among the best early 
technological illustrations. Also called the most beautiful book of the history of 
mechanics. See Dibner HERALDS OF SCIENCE #173; Cockle, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
MILITARY BOOKS #788. Riccardi #341 (“Rarissima”)

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