Sale 15BP02 | Lot 214

[HOROLOGY] AL[L]EXANDRE, JACQUES. Traité Général des Horloges

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
[HOROLOGY]  AL[L]EXANDRE, JACQUES. Traité Général des Horloges

Lot Details

Lot 214

... Paris: Hippolyte-Louis & Jacques Guerin, 1734. First edition. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine in compartments with red lettering-piece, all edges red. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12 cm); viii, 387, [9] pp., with 4 folded tables and 27 folded plates, including several bis. Binding somewhat worn, minor toning, one page torn in blank margin, in all a very sound copy.
A general treatise on timekeeping with dialling, pendulums, true solar time clocks, turret clocks and watches. Baillie, p 180; Bromley 10; Tardy, p 10


Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

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