AGOSTINO RAMELLI (1531-ca. 1600)

Ramelli, a military engineer to Henry III, King of France and Poland, published at his own expense what is considered to be one of the most important books on machines in the Renaissance. It was in its own time widely known and frequently imitated. The 194 engravings on full and double pages show pumps, derricks, looms, cranes, saws, siege machinery, fortifications and foundry equipment. Each plate is fully described in the text, printed in both French and Italian. Ramelli sketched in detail a number of devices and machines which were successfully manufactured and sold, two or three centuries later.

This is the one-millionth volume added to the collections of the University of Delaware Library and was presented to Dr. E. A. Trabant, President of the University of Delaware, by the University of Delaware Library Associates in 1974.

Gift of the University of Delaware Library Associates