BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Essay on Watchmaking, in which this art - Lot 2

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BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Essay on Watchmaking, in which this art - Lot 2
BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Essay on Watchmaking, in which this art is discussed in relation to civil use, astronomy, and navigation, establishing principles confirmed by experience, 2nd edition, 2 vols., Paris 1786. In-4°, contemporary sheepskin binding, signs of wear, rounded corners, red-edged pages, p. liv (pp. xl to (xlviii numbered xvii to xxiv) + [ii, Author’s Preface] + 477 + [xi]; viii + with 38 folding plates. A few foxing spots. PROVENANCE Debaurt de Jonghe (signature on the half-title page of each volume). Second edition, identical to the first, of the most comprehensive overview of watchmaking of the time.
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