Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...
Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003
LOT 264
Ferdinand Berthoud, "Éclaircissement sur l'invention, la théorie, la construction et les épreuves des nouvelles machines proposées en France pour la determination des longitudes en mer par la mesure du temps", Paris 1773. 164 pages.Rebound in dark brown calf with gold stamped spine with raised bands, marbled end papers. Some wear on the edges.
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,400 / USD 1,100 - 1,500
Sold: CHF 1,955
An important and comprehensive account of early French Marine Horology by one of its most important horologists.
