Sold for:
$6,000
$6,000
Besson, Jacques (1540? -1573) Theatre des Instrumens . Lyons: Vincent, 1578. First French edition, folio, collated, complete, engraved title, nineteen unnumbered leaves of text, and sixty full-page plates of inventions, text evenly toned, bound in contemporary limp parchment. Besson's popular work contains many ingenious devices, including mills, presses, pumps, a musical instrument, an adjustable book stand, a hoist for listing ships from the sea, and many more. A-E4, 60 plates
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18