WATCHMAKING IN FRANCHE-COMTÉ AND BESANÇON. Set of 4 volumes. - Lot 518

WATCHMAKING IN FRANCHE-COMTÉ AND BESANÇON. Set of 4 volumes. Detail : 1) MEGNIN (Georges). Naissance, développement et situation actuelle de l'industrie horlogère à Besançon, Besançon: imprimerie Millot et Cie, 1902. Large in-8, 4, 300 p., 1 plate. Paperback, printed cover. An excellent copy. One of the first works entirely devoted to the watchmaking industry in Franche-Comté. The author criticizes "the absence of works covering the entire industry. The bibliography on watchmaking is certainly not virgin, but it only includes old or fragmentary works; the evolution undergone by this industry deserved more extensive developments. It is this gap that we have tried to fill". (p. 5). Sent by the author. 2) MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BESANÇON. Collections horlogères en Franche-Comté, S. L., S. n., S. d. [1980]. In-8, 80 pp. Lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog. 3) MESNAGE (Pierre). Collections d'horlogerie, Besançon: Musées de Besançon, 1955. In-8, 63 p., 10 hors-texte plates. Paperback, illustrated cover. A very good copy. With a Répertoire des noms d'horlogers figurant sur les pièces du musée. Pierre Mesnage was director of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chronométrie et de Micro-Mécanique in Besançon. 4) MESNAGE (Pierre). Esquisse d'une histoire de la montre, Besançon: Imprimerie coopérative ouvrière La Solidarité, 1948. Large in-8, 30 p., 14 figures, 7 off-text. Paperback, illustrated cover. Good copy (tear to spine). From Annales littéraires de Franche-Comté, 1946, p. 3-32.