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BRANCA, GIOVANNI. Le Machine. 77 full-page woodcut illustrations. [3], 40; 14; 23 leaves, including engraved title. Folio, 233x172 mm, later flexible boards; contents toned with scattered foxing and minor stains, occasional soiling, upper outer corner of title excised with slight loss to border, ink accession number on A3r. Rome: Giacomo Mascardi for Giacomo Manuci, 1629
first edition. "Branca's treatise on machinery contains the first published representation of an action-powered steam turbine . . . It is unlikely that Branca's steam turbine was ever built, for the machine, as illustrated, would not have operated due to excessive friction and small original volume of energy"--Norman 333.
