BESSON, Jacques (16th century). Il theatro de gl'instrumenti & machine. Edited by Giulio Paschali. Lyons: Barthélmy Vincent, 1582. 2° (420 x 270 mm). Woodcut title within architectural border, full-page woodcut diagram and 58 (of 60) full-page engravings. (Lacking F3 and F4, occasional soiling.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine with small chips, a few creases and small stains).

BESSON, Jacques (16th century). Il theatro de gl'instrumenti & machine. Edited by Giulio Paschali. Lyons: Barthélmy Vincent, 1582. 2° (420 x 270 mm). Woodcut title within architectural border, full-page woodcut diagram and 58 (of 60) full-page engravings. (Lacking F3 and F4, occasional soiling.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine with small chips, a few creases and small stains).

FIRST PASCHALI ITALIAN EDITION, with the explanatory text printed on plate versos. Besson's work was one of the first French works on machines and mechanical engineering. Giulio Paschali also prepared a Latin edition published by Vincent in the same year. Adams B-839; Brunet I, 830.