HORLOGERIE. Lot of 12 books in very good condition, all high - Lot 521

HORLOGERIE. Lot of 12 books in very good condition, all highly illustrated. Detail : 1) DEFOSSEZ (Lancelot). Les savants du XVIIe siècle et la mesure du temps. Preface by M. A. Jaquerod [...]. Awarded by the Swiss Chronometry Society. 44 hors-texte plates and 120 figures, Lausanne: Journal suisse d'horlogerie, 1946. In-4, 341 p., 44 plates and 120 figures. A fine copy. Publisher's boards. First edition. A very complete work in which each scientific contribution is placed in its historical context, with very lengthy developments on Huygens and his work. 2) FLEET (Simon). Clocks and Pendulums. Under the direction of Claude Oudet [...]. French text by Alice Leray, Paris: Hachette, 1963. In-8, 128 p., 35 color plates, 100 figures in the text. Publisher's color illustrated boards. A very good copy. 3) GELIS (Édouard). L'horlogerie ancienne: histoire, décor et technique. Preface by M. Raymond Badiou, Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1949. Large in-8 of 6, XVII, 1, 254, [4] p., 110 plates and figures in or out of text. Paperback, illustrated cover with flaps. A very good copy (cover slightly faded). Lavishly illustrated, limited edition of 1,500 copies (no. 758) ; 4) GUYE (Samuel) ; (MICHEL, Henri). Mesures du temps et de l'espace. Horloges, montres et instruments anciens, Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1970. In-4, 290 p., 295 in-text black & white figures and 20 color plates. Publisher's boards, illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy. "A work such as this, devoted to clocks and watches, hourglasses and clepsydras, sundials, terrestrial, celestial, armillary and planetary spheres, astrolabes and topographical instruments, was lacking in the library of both art historians and collectors. It will appeal to both, as it features a beautiful and abundant illustration - the color photos are remarkable - and a serious text written by two specialists." (cf. Francis Salet, in: Bulletin Monumental, vol. 129, no. 3, 1971, pp. 221-222). 5) LE LIONNAIS (François). Le temps, Paris: Robert Delpire, 1959. In-8, 112 p., numerous color and black & white illustrations. An excellent copy. 6) MAINGOT (Éliane). Les automates, Paris: Hachette, 1959. In-8, 95, [1] p., 12 color plates, numerous illustrations in the text. Publisher's color illustrated boards. A very good copy. 7) MORPURGO (Enrico). Montres précieuses du XVIe au XXe siècle, avec une esquisse historique de l'horlogerie italienne, Florence: Oméga, S. d. [1966]. In-8, 112 p., numerous black & white and color illustrations. Publisher's boards, illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy. Profusely illustrated. 8) MANNONI (Édith). Montres anciennes, Paris: C. Massin, 1982. In-12, 64 pages, 112 color figures in the text. Red leatherette, illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 9) PIPPA (Luigi). Masterpieces of watchmaking. Masterpieces of watchmaking. Meisterwerke der uhrmacherkunst. Preface by Philippe Amiguet, laureate of the Académie française. Vol. 1, Lausanne: Scriptar, 1966. In-4, 232 p., numerous illustrations in color and b. bl. Publisher's boards, color illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy (small tears to dust jacket, impeccable condition inside). Trilingual edition (French - English - German), richly illustrated throughout. 10) POHL (Helga). Man in pursuit of time. Translated from the German by Jean R. Weiland. With 112 in-text and 29 out-of-text illustrations, Paris: Plon, 1957. In-12, 358 pages, 29 plates, 24 figures in the text. Red leatherette, illustrated dust jacket. Cover faded, interior in very good condition. 24 illustrations in text and 29 illustrations out of text. 11) VITOUX (Pierre). L'horlogerie, Paris: France Empire, 1952. In-12, 187, [3] pp. Paperback, illustrated cover. A good copy. 12) ZELLER (Alfred P.) Pendules et horloges, Paris: Éditions Princesse, 1976. In-12, 155 p., 63 color photographs. Publisher's boards, illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated.