May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 293

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VALICOURT, EDMOND DE. Manuale Completo del Tornitore. manuscript in italian, written in cursive hand in black ink, recto and verso, on wove paper. Scattered small pen-and-ink illustrations. 392 pages, interleaved. 210x151 mm, contemporary 1/2 vellum, moderate wear; contents generally clean. Bookseller's invoice mounted on rear pastedown. Np, mid-19th century

Additional Details

Apparently unpublished Italian translation by Giacomo Molini of Valicourt's 1848 Nouveau Manuel Complet du Tourneur, an illustrated guide to lathe work.