CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card.
CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card. A compendium of horological knowledge, attributed to one Ben[jamin] Dentan, combining textual excerpts with detailed drawings, many displaying the intricate inner movements of clocks and watches, these often full-page: printed sources include the Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud and the Almanach des horlogers . Architectural drawings found at the end of the manuscript perhaps served as inspiration for clock cases.
CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card.
CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card. A compendium of horological knowledge, attributed to one Ben[jamin] Dentan, combining textual excerpts with detailed drawings, many displaying the intricate inner movements of clocks and watches, these often full-page: printed sources include the Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud and the Almanach des horlogers . Architectural drawings found at the end of the manuscript perhaps served as inspiration for clock cases.
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