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ZONCA, Vittorio (1568-1602). Nuovo teatro di Macchine ed Edifici. Padua: Pietro Bertelli, 1607.
4° (286 x 198mm). Copper-engraved title and 42 full-page illustrations. (Neat strengthening to inner margins.) Old limp vellum (neatly rebacked, recased and resewn). Provenance: early manuscript note on final leaf.
FIRST EDITION. The machines depicted and described include 6 mills; 7 hydraulic machines; a paper mill; 2 printing presses (one for letterpress, one for engravings); 3 artillery machines; 5 for preparing cloth and 2 for turning spindles. Riccardi II.668-9; Cicognara 970; Berlin Kat. 1775.
4° (286 x 198mm). Copper-engraved title and 42 full-page illustrations. (Neat strengthening to inner margins.) Old limp vellum (neatly rebacked, recased and resewn). Provenance: early manuscript note on final leaf.
FIRST EDITION. The machines depicted and described include 6 mills; 7 hydraulic machines; a paper mill; 2 printing presses (one for letterpress, one for engravings); 3 artillery machines; 5 for preparing cloth and 2 for turning spindles. Riccardi II.668-9; Cicognara 970; Berlin Kat. 1775.