PLANCHON, Mathieu. The clock. Its retrospective, picturesque - Lot 191

Lot 191
Go to lot
Estimation :
60 - 70 EUR
Result with fees
Result : 183EUR
PLANCHON, Mathieu. The clock. Its retrospective, picturesque - Lot 191
PLANCHON, Mathieu. The clock. Its retrospective, picturesque and artistic history. 107 illustrations. New edition, Paris: Henri Laurens, 1898. In-8 of [4], II, 264 p., frontispiece and 107 figures in the text. Paperback, illustrated cover. Spine and boards soiled, small paper loss at the head of the spine, excellent condition inside; good copy. First edition. "In this work took place a series of studies published the previous years, from 1894 to 1898, in La Nature. The pictures of this newspaper, woodcuts by Poyet, formed a good part of the illustrations of the book." (cf. Preface to the second edition, of 1923, by Paul Brateau, p. VIII). Well illustrated with figures in the text, some full page. Contents: Clepsydra // Bell clocks // Jaquemarts and automata // Apartment clocks // Renaissance clocks // Clocks // Miscellaneous clocks // Clockmakers // Time in Japan // Time in China. Bromley, The Clockmakers' library, 707.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue