Automata & machines.- Hero Alexandrinus. De gli automati, overo machine se moventi, libri due, first edition of Baldi's translation, Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1589.

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000

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Automata & machines.- Hero Alexandrinus. De gli automati, overo machine se moventi, libri due, translated by Bernardino Baldi, collation: A-M⁴, fine engraved architectural title, engraved and woodcut illustrations, a few full-page, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, some staining, small 4to (202 x 144mm.), Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1589.

*** A good copy of the first edition of Baldi's translation of Hero's Mechanics.

Literature: Adams H368; Mortimer Italian, 231; Tomash & Williams H119; Riccardi I, 67; Edit16 CNCE 22645.

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