Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum Iacobi Bessoni Delphinatis ... (1582) - Page 4

An elaborate architectural title page frame. At the top, a female figure representing Geometry or Science holds a compass and a celestial globe, flanked by two putti and geometric solids, specifically an icosahedron and a dodecahedron. On the left and right sides, two bearded male figures in classical robes stand in niches, holding mathematical instruments. The bottom features a central cartouche with a geometric emblem surrounded by fruit, foliage, and grotesque masks.

THEATRVM

INSTRVMENTO

RVM ET MACHI-

narum Iacobi Beßoni

Delphinatis, Mathe-

matici ingeniofißimi,

Theater of the instruments and machines of Jacques Besson of Dauphiné, a most ingenious mathematician

Cum FRANCISCI BEROALDI
Figurarum declaratione demonftratiua,
NECNON VBIQVE NE-
ceſſarijs ac vtiliffimis Additionibus nun-
quam hactenus editis auctum atque il-
luftratum:

Per IVLIVM PASCHALEM Nobi-
lem Meſſanenfem.

LVGDVNI
Apud Barth. Vincent.
Cum Priuilegio Regis.
1 5 8 2.

With the demonstrative declaration of figures by Franciscus Beroaldus, also augmented and illustrated everywhere with necessary and very useful additions never before published: By Iulius Paschalis, a nobleman of Messina. Lyon, at the house of Barth. Vincent. With the King's Privilege. 1582.