CLOCKWORK. BERTHOUD (F.). ÉCLAIRCISSEMENS SUR... Lot 11
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[CLOCKWORK]. BERTHOUD (F.). ÉCLAIRCISSEMENS SUR L'INVENTION, LA THÉORIE, LA CONSTRUCTION, ET LES ÉPREUVES DES NOUVELLES MACHINES PROPOSÉES EN FRANCE, pour la détermination des longitudes en mer par la mesure du temps. Serving as a sequel to the Essai sur l'Horlogerie & au Traité des Horloges Marines, and as a reply to a writing entitled : Précis des Recherches faites en France pour la détermination des Longitudes en Mer par la Mesure artificielle du Temps. Paris, Musier fils, 1773. In-4 stiff vellum (contemporary binding); VIII-164 pages. Ex-libris stamp inked in the margin of the title, iron work at the bottom of the booklet fading to the first 16 ff. ORIGINAL EDITION of this rare treatise on marine horology, which is a very detailed response to Le Roy's Précis. ¶ Polak, 702 - Tardy, 31.
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