May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 291

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PLUMIER, CHARLES. L'Art de Tourner, ou de Faire en Perfection toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages au Tour. French and Latin text. 71 (of 72?) engraved plates. [30], 187 pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, 375x245 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn; dampstaining in upper portion of contents throughout, minor worming toward end minimally affecting some illustrations, photocopied portrait of the author tipped to ã3r, bookseller's invoice mounted on rear pastedown. Paris: Pierre Aubouin et al., 1706

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Second edition of the first book devoted exclusively to the lathe, originally published in 1701, concerned primarily with ornamental wood turning.