De gli Automati, ouero Machine se Moventi, Libri due,
Tradotti dal Greco da Bernardino Baldi Abbate di Guastalla.
Venice, appresso Girolamo Porro, 1589
'Bella e rara edizione' (Riccardi I, 67).
First Italian edition; 2 parts in one vol., 4to (20.9 x 15.4 cm); title within elaborate engraved architectural border, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials, 11 engravings, of which 6 are full page, woodcut diagrams to text, very light spotting and soiling to margins, short closed tear to B2; contemporary limp vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, some soiling to boards, light wear to extremities, purple edges, overall a very good copy; collation: A4-M4 (M4 blank).
USTC 835654; Adams H-368; Gamba 1384; Mortimer Italian 231; Riccardi I, 67; Tomash & Williams, The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing, H119.
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