JODIN, Jean. Escapements with a Rest Mechanism Compared to R - Lot 4

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JODIN, Jean. Escapements with a Rest Mechanism Compared to R - Lot 4
JODIN, Jean. Escapements with a Rest Mechanism Compared to Recoil Escapements, with a Treatise on a Watch of New Design, c, followed by some reflections on the current state of watchmaking, on the guild of master watchmakers of Paris, and on the nature of their bylaws, 1754. Large 12mo, gilt-embossed tortoiseshell-patterned calfskin, ribbed spine, endpapers replaced, p. [vi] + 194 with a fold-out plate (of three). First edition, rare. An important work for its observations on the structure of the watchmaking trade in Paris at the time. A second edition was published in 1766.
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