[CLOCKS & WATCHES] – LOT of 30 mainly late 20th-cent. English works, all related to the history of clocks & watches.

Description

With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. – SAUNIER, C. Traité d’horlogerie moderne théorique et pratique [..]. Deuxième édition [..]. Paris, “Bureau de la Revue Chronométrique [..]”, 1875, VIII,832 pp. With 21 double-p. engravings (dep. num. ills.) by “Fournier” after C. Saunier, 1 engraved plate (dep. 12 ills.) by “Lemaitre” & num. wood-engr. text-ills. (incl. geometrical diagrams). Large 8vo (ca. 26 x 17 cm.), late 19th-cent. gilt(-lettered) half-chagrin. – And 10 similar (early) 20th-cent. French works, i.a. “CATALOGUE OFFICIEL des pièces d’origine pour le rhabillage des montres suisses [..]. Tome I-II. [&] Supplément No 2-3 [..]” (1955-1959, 4 parts in 1 vol.); E. JAQUET & D. GIBERTINI, “La réparation des pendules [..]” (1936); J. ANDRADE, “Chronométrie [..]” (1908) & P. TOUCHET, “Mémento pratique d’horlogerie électrique et électronique [..]. [Third edition]” (1962).

Footnote

¶ Ad 1-2: All vols. ex bibliotheca ANTOON GAEMERS (1949-2020, Dutch horologist). ¶ Ad 1: Comprising i.a. E.L. EDWARDES, “The Story of the Pendulum Clock [..]” (1977); E.L. EDWARDES, “The Grandfather Clock. An Historical and Descriptive Treatise on the English Long Case Clock [..]. [Third edition, revised and enlarged]” (1971); P. DOENSEN, “Watch. History of the modern wristwatch. Design 1950 – 1983. Electric 1950 – 1993” (1994); C. ALLIX, “Carriage Clocks. Their History & Development” (1974); B. LOOMES, “Grandfather Clocks and their cases” (1985); E. BRUTON, “The History of Clocks and Watches” (1979); B. LOOMES, “The White Dial Clock” (1974); P.G. COOLE & E. NEUMANN, “The Orpheus Clocks. [English transl. by P. Foulkes]” (1972); E. JAQUET & A. CHAPUIS, “Technique and History of the Swiss Watch [..]” (1970); R.W. SYMONDS, “Thomas Tompion, his life and work” (1969); H. CESCINSKY & M.R. WEBSTER, “English Domestic Clocks” (1969. Facs. reprint of the edition publ. in 1913); E. BRUTON, “Clocks and Watches, 1400-1900” (1967); E. VON BASSERMANN-JORDAN, “The Book of Old Clocks and Watches [..]. Fourth edition fully revised by Hans von Bertele [..]. [English transl. by H.A. Lloyd]” (1964) & H.A. LLOYD, “Some outstanding clocks over seven hundred years, 1250-1950” (1958). ¶ Ad 2: Rare second edition of a comprehensive work on horology & watchmaking by the French historian of technology Claudius Saunier (1816-1896). The first edition was published in 1869 in Paris. – A few minor imperfections (binding partly rubbed/ worn along extremities, small library-ticket mounted on half-title, a few text-leaves sl. waterstained in outer blank margin, sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in good condition.