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PLUMIER, Charles (1645-1704). L'Art de Tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour. Lyons: Pierre Aubouin, Pierre Ribou and Claude Jombert, 1706.
2o (276 x 243 mm). Additional letterpress title for the first edition printed in red and black. Additional engraved title and 72 engraved plates. (Some dampstaining and discoloration throughout.) Modern half morocco (rubbed).
Second edition, after the first of 1701. Plumier spent many years in America studying flora; he notes in his preface that while in America he worked on turning many of the instruments which he describes and which were not known in Europe. Brunet IV:729 (first edition).
2o (276 x 243 mm). Additional letterpress title for the first edition printed in red and black. Additional engraved title and 72 engraved plates. (Some dampstaining and discoloration throughout.) Modern half morocco (rubbed).
Second edition, after the first of 1701. Plumier spent many years in America studying flora; he notes in his preface that while in America he worked on turning many of the instruments which he describes and which were not known in Europe. Brunet IV:729 (first edition).