HERO OF ALEXANDER (c.10-c.70 AD). Spiritali di Herone Alessandro Ridotti in lingua Volgare da Alessandro Giorgi da Urbino. Urbino: "Appresso Bartholomeo, e Simon Ragussi fratelli," 1592. 4to (201 x 152mm). Woodcut illustration on title, headpieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations of machines, experiments, inventions, automata, fountains, toys, steam organs etc. (some mainly marginal, occasionally quite severe, worming and wormtracks throughout, occasionally touching letters, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary vellum, spine titled in early manuscript (some staining). Provenance: modern partly illegible inscription on front free and rear endpapers; "Dr. C. Generales, Space Medicine" (stamps beneath inscriptions). Adams H372; cf. Brunet II, 552. With another scientific work (defective). (2)