Ramelli’s Le Diverse et artificiose machine ...
One of 194 full-page engraved plates from a 1588 first of Ramelli’s Le Diverse et artificiose machine..., a study of the science and technology of machines in the Renaissance and one of the more famous illustrated books of the 16th century.
In contemporary red morocco, this copy was once in the library of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a…