Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...
Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003
LOT 274
Antide Janvier, "Recueil de Machines composées et executées", Paris, 1828.
CHF 1,200 - 1,700
EUR 830 - 1,200 / USD 900 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 2,990
Burgundy leather cover, spine with gold tooling, marble paper covers. 61 pages and 13 plates.Dim. 25 x 20 cm. Antide Janvier produced several clocks and regulators indicating the periodic, synodic, and diurnal movements of the moon. This book explains his reasoning while constructing them.
