Beschreibung:

CAUS, Salomon de. Les Raisons des Forces Mouvante avec diverses Machines, tant utilles que plaisantes , Frankfurt: Jan Norton, 1615. 2, engraved title in part I only (lacking engraved title of pt. II), numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 5 full-page, one folding woodcut plate, 50 engraved illustrations, all but 6 full-page, 2 engraved pages of music, woodcut initilas and headpieces (lacking a few plates, large part of one full-page illustration torn away with loss, folding woodcut plate torn with slight loss not affecting image, part excised from one full-page illustration, laminated repair to tear to verso of lower corner of title just affecting image, title soiled and margin lightly waterstained, leaves numered in mansucript, margins lightly soiled throughout and occasionally lightly waterstained), contemporary vellum (part of front cover torn away, worn). Provenance : E. Imbault, old ownership inscription to title. FIRST EDITION of this famous work in the history of the invention of the steam engine. Brunet I, 1691. Sold not subject to return.