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[Clocks and watches] - BERTHOUD, Ferdinand -

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 800.00 EUR
[Clocks and watches] - BERTHOUD, Ferdinand -
[Clocks and watches] - BERTHOUD, Ferdinand - Essai sur l'horlogerie, dans lequel on traite de cet art relativement à l'usage civil, à l'astronomie et à la navigation (...). Paris, [H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour for] J.Cl. Jombert, Musier & Ch. J. Panckoucke, 1763, 2 vol., 4to, contemp. polished sheep (front joint of II splitting), spine on 5 bands with gilt title label, gilt sides, [4]-lv-[1]-477-[11], [4]-viij-452 pp. Very good set. € 500/800 First edition (reprinted 1786) of this treatise by F. Berthoud (1727-1807), important i.a. for its very accurate engravings : 38 folding engraved plates. Crowned stamp with monogram of Princess Nadjeda Scherbatow. Ref. Conlon, Siècle des Lumières 63: 611. BL London (1). BN Paris (1).