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The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli A Classic Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Treatise on Technology by Ramelli, Agostino - 1987

by Ramelli, Agostino

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The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli A Classic Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Treatise on Technology

by Ramelli, Agostino

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E-163: Scolar Press. Good+. 1987. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Scolar Press. 1987. 604 pgs. Illustrated with facsimile of the original woodcut plates. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Later printing. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Agostino Ramelli (1531–ca. 1610) was an Italian engineer best known for writing and illustrating the book of engineering designs Le diverse et artificiose machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli, which contains, among others, his design for the bookwheel. Ramelli was born in Ponte Tresa or Mesanzena, today in Switzerland. During the Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) , he successfully engineered a mine under a bastion and breached the fortification, making him popular with his commander, Henri d'Anjou, who later became King Henri III of France. In 1588 Ramelli published Le diverse et artificiose machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli, or The various and ingenious machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli. The book contains 195 designs, over 100 of which are water-raising machines, such as water pumps or wells. Other designs include bridges, mills, and a possible forerunner to the Wankel engine. The bookwheel is one of the most famous designs from this book. Le diverse et artificiose machine is still printed and sold. E-163; 12.2 X 9.5 X 1.7 inches; 604 pages .
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  • ISBN 10 0486254976
  • ISBN 13 9780486254975
  • Publisher Scolar Press
  • Place of Publication E-163
  • Date Published 1987

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The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli: A Classic Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Treatise on Technology. Translated from the Italian and French with a biographical study of the author by Martha Teach Gnudi. Technical annotations and a pictorial glossary by Eugene S. Ferguson.

by RAMELLI, Agostino (ca.1531-1610); GNUDI, Martha Teach (1908-1976)

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New York:: Dover, 1976., 1976. 305 x 228 mm. Large 8vo. 604 pp. Frontis., 195 illus., figs., bibliog., index. Cloth, pictorial dust-jacket. Fine. Cloth issue.
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The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli (1588). Translated from the Italian and...

The Various and Ingenious Machines of Agostino Ramelli (1588). Translated from the Italian and French with a Biographical Study of the Author by Martha Teach Gnudi. Technical Annotations by Eugene S. Ferguson

by RAMELLI, Agostino

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London: The Scolar Press [with] The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.. First edition thus. Folio. 604 pp. Dark green quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered direct to the spine, matching green cloth slipcase. 195 plates of mills and winches and the like faithfully reproduced from the original edition. A minor scuff towards the foot of the spine, a handsome copy. Reprinted from the Cambridge University Library copy of "Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli". More commonly found in the trade edition, bound in cloth with a card slipcase. This would appear to be a deluxe copy produced for the publisher, possibly unique or produced in a very small run.
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