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BERTHOUD, Ferdinand

Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges
Paris
L'imprimerie de la république
An X (1802)
€1.200 - €1.600

2 vol. in-4to, [2], xxviii, 374; [2], xvi, 448 pp, 23 folding engraved plates, cont. full calf (morocco lettering pieces part. gone, a bit rubbed), flat gilt spines. Very good copy

First edition of an authoritative history of timekeeping with clocks, by a leading clock- and chronometer-maker of the period. Ref. Houzeau & Lancaster 10217 - Bromley, Clockmaker's Library, 73; Brunet VI, 8393

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