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Mathurin Jousse - La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier - 1627
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Mathurin Jousse - La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier - 1627

JOUSSE (Mathurin) La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier, ou lon void les principaulx preceptes, desseings, et figures touchant les experiences, et operations manuelles dudict art. La Flèche, chez Georges Griveau, 1627. 1 volume in-folio (30 x 19 cm), plein maroquin rouge (reliure à la Duseuil postérieure), dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre en maroquin noir, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées, [4]-152 pages (complet). Quelques feuillets restaurés, rousseurs. État très correct. ÉDITION ORIGINALE, illustrée d'un titre gravé et de 65 figures sur cuivre, in-texte, ainsi que de quelques bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. Mathurin Jousse (ca.1575-1645), dit l'Aîné, est un maître serrurier théoricien d'architecture et écrivain technique français. Il rédige ici un traité de serrurerie, au sein duquel il raisonna le choix du matériau en utilisant des recettes, et en particulier l’usage du fer d’après l’aspect de sa cassure, inaugurant ainsi le début d’une longue tradition qui, à travers Réaumur, devait aboutir à la métallographie. Il obtint notamment un privilège d'ensemble incluant "Le theatre de l'art de charpentier", octroyé en date du 10 mars 1626. Rare exemplaire.

No. 94184302

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Mathurin Jousse - La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier - 1627

Mathurin Jousse - La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier - 1627

JOUSSE (Mathurin)

The faithful opening of the art of locksmithing, or one sees the principal precepts, designs, and figures concerning the experiments, and manual operations of the said art.

The Arrow, published by Georges Griveau, 1627.

1 folio volume (30 x 19 cm), full red morocco (later Duseuil binding), decorated ribbed spine, black morocco title label, gilt fillet on the edges, speckled edges, [4]-152 pages (complete). Some restored leaves, foxing. Very good condition.

FIRST EDITION, illustrated with an engraved title and 65 copperplate figures, in-text, as well as some headbands and tailpieces.

Mathurin Jousse (ca. 1575-1645), known as the Elder, was a French master locksmith, architectural theorist and technical writer.

Here he wrote a treatise on locksmithing, in which he reasoned the choice of material using recipes, and in particular the use of iron according to the appearance of its breakage, thus inaugurating the beginning of a long tradition which, through Réaumur, was to lead to metallography.

In particular, he obtained a privilege for the ensemble including "The Theatre of the Art of Carpentry", granted on March 10, 1626.

Rare copy.

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