BORGNIS, TRAITÉ COMPLET DE MÉCHANIQUE APPLIQUÉE AUX ARTS ... DES MACHINES IMITATIVES. 1820

FIRST EDITION, 4to, 27 folding plates of automata and other mechanical devices, half calf on marbled boards

bought from Libraire Hugues de Latude, Paris, 2000

Tomash & Williams B209

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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This is the eighth and final volume of Borgnis's ambitious survey of mechanical engineering. It is devoted to automata, calculating and measuring machines, telegraph systems, and theatrical machinery.