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GROLLIER DE SERVIÈRE, GASPARD. Recueil d'Ouvrages de Mathématique et de Mécanique; ou, Description du Cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière . . . par . . . son petit Fils. 93 engraved plates. [26], 152, [8] pages. 4to, contemporary calf; light dampstaining on preliminaries and a few plates toward beginning. Advertisement by Alexandre Jombert, successor to Charles-Antoine Jombert, mounted on front flyleaf. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1751
First published in 1719, an account of the collection of technical models and inventions formed by the author's grandfather Nicolas (1593-1686), comprising examples of ornamental lathe work, watches and timekeeping devices, and hydraulic and miscellaneous machinery, including a revolving book display. Baillie I, 369; Wheeler Gift 369 (this edition); Wolf I, 539 (original edition).
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