‎HERON d'ALEXANDRIE. ‎
‎De gli automati, overo machine se moventi...‎

‎ 1589 Venetia. Girolamo Porro. 1589. 1 volume petit in-4, plein basane XVIIème, dos à nerfs orné, tranches guillochées. Discrètes restaurations à la reliure. 47 ff. ‎

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‎Edition originale de cette traduction du grec, due à Bernardo Baldi, qui a largement commenté le texte. Elle est illustrée d'une page de titre gravée, de 11 gravures sur cuivre, dont 6 à pleine page et de 11 gravures sur bois. Il s'agit de la description d'automates, dont les mouvements étaient provoqués par des ficelles, attachées autour d'essieux et de tambours, qui remuaient grâce à une réserve de grains s'échappant par un trou. Mouillure angulaire plus prononcée sur les premiers feuillets, avec restauration sur le second. Signature manuscrite sur la page de titre. ‎

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‎HERO OF ALEXANDRIA -- HERON D'ALEXANDRIE -- BALDI (Bernardino)‎

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‎De gli automati overo machine se moventi, libri due, tradotti dal greco da Bernardino BALDI -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎Venise, Girolamo Porro, 1589, un volume in 4 (20 cm x 15,3 cm) relié en cartonnage bradel, tranches rouges (reliure XIXème siècle), (tout petit manque de papier à la partie inférieure du dos, mouillures pâles, quelques rousseurs), 1 titre gravé, 47pp., (1pp.), 11 BOIS GRAVES et 11 GRAVURES SUR CUIVRE dont 6 à pleine page‎


‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE de cette traduction par Bernadino BALDI du livre des Automates d'HERON D'ALEXANDRIE ---- "At Commandino's suggestion, BALDI translated the Automata of Hero of Alexandria into italian prefaced by a history of mechanics....". (DSB I, p. 419/420) ---- "The Automata of Hero of Alexandria describes two sorts of puppet shows, one moving and the other stationary ; both of them perform without being touched by human hands... The driving power in both cases was a heavy lead witht resting on a heap of millet grans which escaped through a hole. The weight was attached by a rope to an axle, and the turning of this axle brought about all the movements by means of strings and drums. Strins and drums constituted practically all the machinery ; no springs or cogwheels were used. It represents A MARVEL OF INGENUITY with very scant mechanical means". (DSB VI pp. 312/313)**7992/ARB6‎

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