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BESSON (Jacques). Il Theatro de gl'instrvmenti...

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BESSON (Jacques)]. Il Theatro de gl'instrvmenti & machine di M. Iacopo Bessoni, mathematico de'nostri tempi eccellentissimo [...]. In Lione, Per Barth. Vincenti, 1582. Large folio, half ivory vellum (17th century binding). 52 ff. : A-N4. A title-frontispiece decorated with a large wood frame with allegorical subjects and 60 copper-engraved plates by Jacques ANDROUET du CERCEAU and René BOYVIN ; headbands, lettering and endpapers. From the library of the Château d'Alivet, with ex-libris. Small wormholes on spine; 19th century title-piece; pale wet stamp at foot of title; small wetness in inner margin. Brunet, I, 829-830.