- In-4, marbled sheepskin, decorated spine, mottled edges (Contemporary binding), 12ff. n.ch. 152 pp. & 4ff. n.ch. 93 plates out of text of machines engraved in intaglio by Étienne-Joseph Daudet, as well as a banner bearing the arms of the Duke of Orleans by André Houat. Three worm bites on a box, rare small scattered foxing.
Second greatly expanded edition of this famous collection of machines and instruments brought together by the Lyonnais Grollier de Servière (1596-1689), » He devoted himself to mechanics, and formed a cabinet curious enough for King Louis XIV to wish to visit it in passing In Lyon. There we saw several rooms, towers, extraordinary clocks, machines for the attack and defense of places, for the construction of bridges, houses, mills, etc. . . » (Hoeffer). The first edition included only 85 plates
