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Besson,(J.).
Theatre des instrumens mathematiques & mechaniques... avec l'interpretation des figures d'iceluy par Francois Beroald. Lyon, Barthélemy Vincent 1579. Fol. Tit. mit Holzschn.-Bordüre und 60 Kupfertaf. Mod. Prgt. in mod. Hldr.-Kassette.
Berlin Orn.-Kat. 1769. Cioranescu 3776. - The Beroald edition of Besson's work on mathematical instruments and engineering machinery. Of the plates 56 are those engraved for Besson by the architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau in the 1560s, the remaining four being engraved later by Rene Boyvin. Together they comprise a fine visual record of the state of the mechanical engineering at the end of the sixteenth century, including tools for stone-cutting, dredging, pontoons, mill-wheels, and a water-driven musical clock. - Tit. etwas gebräunt, leicht fleckig.'