French Eighteenth-Century Clocks and Barometers: In the Wallace Collection
London: Wallace Collection, 1995. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 103 pp. profusely illustrated in color. More
London: Wallace Collection, 1995. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 103 pp. profusely illustrated in color. More
Paris, France: Hachette, 1917. Paperback. Green printed wraps. 112 pp. with 48 bw plates illustrating 70 items. George Charles Williamson was a famous author of books-on-books in the 1920s. This famous collection, which includes 63 watches and 3 table clocks, was donated to the Louvre Museum by Paul Garnier (son..... More
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1976. Hardcover. Darkest brown cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover; brown and color pictorial dust jacket, 211 pp., Profuse bw and color plates. An annotated and illustrated catalogue presenting 21 specific timepieces from this stunning collection. Includes bios of individual makers and..... More
Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 2001. Softcover. Black wraps. 116 pp. 80+ color, numerous bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7, 2001 and one other location. An extensively annotated and beautifully illustrated catalogue of 80 works, accompanied by the..... More
Paris: Self-Published, 1928. Softbound. Printed wraps. Volume 1: xvi, 348, [3] pp. Volume 2: [iv], 352, [vi] pp. 540 bw figures within the two volumes, as well as 7 glossy plates including 5 in color. Preface to these two volumes written by de M. Edmond Haraucourt. Extremely rare set, in..... More
Melrose, Florida: Theodore R. Crom, 1980. Hardbound. Brown gilt embossed cloth. xiv, 678 pp. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt spine lettering, black and gold illustrated dust jacket, gilt lettering, xxv, 197 pages, [240] pages of plates : illustrations (some color). "The virtuosity of the chasing of London watchcases and gold boxes in the eighteenth century has been widely admired..... More
Neuchatel, Switzerland: Editions du Griffon, 1958. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gilt titling at spine and gilt illustration to front cover; 407 pp.; 18 color plates; Numerous bw figures. Translated by Alex Reid; An in-depth look at automata--self-oeprating machines--particularly clocks, but also mechanical pictures, toys, animals, robots, and more;..... More
Paris: les editions de l'ameteur, 1997. Hardbound. Light green gilt embossed cloth with glossy illustrated dustjacket. 526 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Text is in French. An exhaustively researched and presented book on Medieval to 20th Century clocks by the editor of the Connaissance des Arts monthly. Includes..... More
London: Sotheby's, 1986. Hardcover. Maroon boards; gilt lettering. White dj with color image and black lettering. xi, 394 pp. with bw frontis, 12 pp. color photos, and bw illustrations throughout. Abraham Louis Breguet 1747-1823 was the most excellent horologist of his time, and The Art of Breguet illustrates the form..... More
Lausanne, Switzerland: Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie et de Bijouterie / Edition Scriptar, 1953. Hardcover. Black and yellow boards. Tan cloth over spine. 196 pp. BW figures and a foldout diagram. More
Paris, France: Tardy, 1981. Hardcover. bronze boards w/ gold printing. 615 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. white illustrated dustjacket w/ color illustration. Copy was removed from publisher's wrap to inspect. Nice, bright and unread copy. Copiously illustrated. Text in French and England. More
Paris, France: Tardy, 1981. Hardcover. maroon boards w/ gold printing. 356 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. white illustrated dustjacket w/ color illustration. Copy was removed from publisher's wrap to inspect. Nice, bright and unread copy. Copiously illustrated. Text in French and England. More
Paris, France: Tardy, 1981. Hardcover. maroon boards w/ gold printing. 389 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. white illustrated dustjacket w/ color illustration. Copy was removed from publisher's wrap to inspect. Nice, bright and unread copy. Copiously illustrated. Text in French and England. More
Paris: Tardy, 1969. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. Vol. 2: pp. 225-507. 100s of bw illustrations. Entire text is in French. This volume is the second part of the three-volume set, covering Du Louis XVI a nos jours, published with the assistance of H. Levasseur. More
Paris: Tardy, 1964. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. Vol. 3: pp. 273-498. 100s of bw illustrations. Entire text is in French. This volume is the third part of the three-volume set, covering Les Provinces Francaises Horloges et Pendules etrangeres , published with the assistance of H. Levasseur. More
München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1976. Hardcover. Two volume set, black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, white dustjacket with black lettering and color illustrations, decorative end pages, Volume 1 is X (2), 322 pp profusely illustrated in bw and 10 tipped in color plates. Volume 2 is 125 pp..... More
England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. Hardbound. Blue, gilt-embossed cloth with color-illustrated dustjacket. 467 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. An essential and out-of-print book on this topic, mostly for European clocks. More
Paris: Tardy, 1967. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps, 224 pp. with 100s of bw illustrations. Entire text is in French. This volume represents part 1, De l'Horloge Gothique a la Pendule Louis XV. This edition published in collaboration with M. Louis Bulla and M. Maxime Passerat. More
2002. Hardbound. Black cloth with glossy, color-illustrated dustjacket. 254 pp., profusely illustrated in vivid color. An exquisite catalogue, documentation and presentation of 50 Globes and Spheres from the Gallery's collections. More
London, England: Spring Books, 1951. Hardcover. Clay cloth, color DJ. 320 pp. 300 plates (color and bw). From the DJ... "Thomas Tompion was to clockwork what Thomas Chippendale was to furniture; his workmanship has that same unmistakable stamp of skill and supreme quality. This is a book that nobody interested..... More
Geneva, Switzerland: Antiquorum Auctioneers, 2001. Hardcover. White & illus. boards, 502 pp., 423 color illus. An auction catalog featuring spectacular views of antique watches of all sorts, from the collection of Lord Michael Sandberg. According to the preface, this is the third printed version of this catalog. An amazing collection..... More
Zwolle: Waanders, 1996. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, color illustrated dust jacket, gold spine with blue lettering, 487 pp, illustrated throughout in bw and several color. Text in Dutch. Dutch grandfather clocks from the period ca.1680 - 1920. More
England: Brant Wright Associates Limited, 1980. Hardbound. Grey cloth boards. 92 pp., 243 bw illustrations and plates. More
Geneva: Sotheby's, 2008. Softcover. Color pictorial overwraps; 2 catalogues within, both with color pictorial wraps; 31 pp., 228 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw figures. From the auction held in Geneva on 11 May 2008; Lots 108 - 193; Overwrap contains two catalogues for the sale, 'Evening Sale' including..... More