Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002
LOT 271
Vigniaux, "Horogerie Pratique A l'u-sage des Apprentis et Amateurs", se-conde edition, Toulouse, 1802.434 + 8 pages and 14 woodcut folding plates, leather-like boards rebound, tooled in gold spine.
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,000 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 1,955
C. Dim. 20 x 13 cmC.
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Grade: A |
Good |
Notes
Claimed by some to be the best practical treatise about watch-making at the time. Gives excellent explanation as well as inside to the practice in the eighteenth century watch shop. Rare and very informative.