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Lot 2
Allexandre (Dom Jacques) Traite General des Horloges, first edition, 4 folding tables (one mounted on modern stub), 27 folding engraved plates, 3pp. privilege at end, title with old ink inscription (partly crossed out, part torn and repaired with sticky tape) and trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stub, a few preliminary leaves slightly defective at lower outer corner and repaired (no loss to text), occasional spotting, one plate with light damp-staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco labels, [Baillie p.180; Bromley 10; Tardy p.10], 8vo, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis and Jacques Guerin, 1734. *** A general treatise on timekeepers dealing with dialling, pendulums, true solar time clocks, turret clocks and watches, and including a detailed bibliography of works on dialling, water-clocks and wheel clocks.
Lot 5
Antiquarian Horological Society. Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society, vol.1-32 in c.170 and including all the supplements and indices, illustrations, vol.1-9 from the library of H.Quill and with a few notes bound in or loosely inserted, bound in modern grey buckram, spines a little faded, vol.10-30 in original wrappers, indices to vol.1-10 bound together in modern half morocco, others original wrappers, plus a few duplicates or extras, [Bromley 18], 4to, 1953-2010; sold as a periodical, not subject to return (c.180) *** An excellent run, scarce with all the supplements. Without the society`s first publication, The Design of English Domestic Clocks 1660-1700 by Dowson, but this is not included in the Index.
Lot 6
Antiquarian Horological Society. Horological Masterworks: English Seventeenth-Century Clocks from Private Collections, 2003; Time & Place: English Country Clocks 1600-1840, 2007 § Dawson (Percy G.) and others. Early English Clocks, reprint, Woodbridge, 1994 § Darken (J.) and John Hooper. English 30 Hour Clocks: Origin and Development, 1600-1800, Woking, 1997, illustrations, some colour, the first two original pictorial wrappers, Ticehurst, the others original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and 2 others, 4to (6)
Lot 8
Baillie (G.H.) Clocks and Watches: An Historical Bibliography, author`s corrected and annotated proof copy, photograph of the author tipped in at beginning, 1950; Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, second edition, 1947 § [Lengelle (Henri)], ÒTardyÓ. Bibliographie Generale de la Mesure du Temps..., one of 150 copies, original upper wrapper bound in, Paris, [1947]; Dictionnaire des Horlogers Fran?ais, 2 vol., original wrappers, rubbed, Paris, 1971 § Bromley (John) The Clockmakers` Library: The Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, dust-jacket, 1971 § Abeler (J.) Meister deer Uhrmacherkunst, original cloth, dust-jacket, Dusseldorf, 1977, the first three all Malcolm Gardner`s copies interleaved with extensive notes and ephemera tipped in or loosely inserted, by Gardner and with additions by Charles Allix, cloth, the second and third rebacked preserving old spines, rubbed and faded; and 7 others, horological bibliography & reference including a first edition of the first, and a bundle of pamphlets etc., v.s. (c.25)
Lot 9
Bassermann-Jordan (Dr. Ernst) Die Geschichte der Raderuhr unter besonderer berucksichtigung der Uhren des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, first edition, 24 photogravure plates, illustrations, light marginal staining but mostly to text, affecting lower outer corner of first few plates but otherwise clean, modern cloth, [Abeler p.57; Tardy p.24], folio, Frankfurt am Main, 1905. *** Scarce work on automaton clocks.
Lot 12
Breguet (Abraham-Louis).- Salomons (Sir David Lionel) Breguet. (1747-1823),with Supplement and Addenda to Appendix bound in at end, first edition, one of 1000 copies, errata leaf tipped in at beginning, portrait and plates, tissue guards, with list of Breguet watches in L.A.Mayer Memorial Foundation and list of watch serial numbers in Salomons collection loosely inserted, Weston bookplate, contemporary vellum-backed boards, gilt-stamped red roan label on spine (a little rubbed), lightly soiled and faded, with original blue printed wrappers bound in, [Bromley 752-753; Tardy p.221], for the Author, 1921; and the 3 vol. Christie`s 1964-65 auction catalogue of the Salomons Breguet collection with prices and notes in manuscript, 8vo & 4to (4)
Lot 13
Breguet (Abraham-Louis).- Salomons (Sir David Lionel) Breguet. (1747-1823), translated by Louis Desoutter, first French edition, portrait and plates, tissue guards, Cecil Clutton`s copy with his signature on front free endpaper and several letters etc. loosely inserted including Lilian Adam to Col.Quill, Clutton to Quill, Bruton to Quill etc., also photocopy of Allix`s list of analysis of watches in the English and French editions, some items in text marked ÒJÓ (i.e.Mayer watches in Jerusalem), original cloth, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Bromley 754; Tardy p.221], for the Author, 1923; and another on the Breguet centenary of 1923, 8vo (2)
Lot 16
British Horological Institute. Horological Journal (The): The Special Organ of the British Horological Institute, vol.1-51 bound in 20, second edition of vol.1 (with drop-head title), tables, some folding, plates and illustrations, Thomas D.Wright`s copy with his ink signature in many volumes and some ephemera loosely inserted particularly notes concerning Karrusel trains, first leaf of vol.1 browned and slightly defective at inner margin with loss of a few letters, a few vol. with light marginal water-staining, some with central crease where previously folded, modern cloth, roan label, [Bromley 451], 1858-1921; and vol.52-54 & 63 in old red cloth (some internal water-staining, cloth rubbed and faded), and a few odd issues in original wrappers, 8vo & 4to; sold as a periodical, not subject to return (sm.qty)
Lot 26
Chapuis (Alfred) Histoire de la Pendulerie Neuchâteloise old ink inscription at head of half-title, Paris and Neuch?tel, [1917]; Pendules Neuch?teloises: Documents nouveaux, signed presentation copy to ÒMonsieur Charles Constantin Chef d`une Maison qui fit taut pour la belle horlogerie, hommage cordial...Ó, Neuchatel, 1931, first editions, plates, some colour, illustrations, leaves a little wrinkled by damp causing colour plates in the first to bleed slightly onto facing text, uniform modern cloth, [Tardy p.57], 4to (2)
Lot 27
Chapuis (Alfred) and Gustave Loup. La Montre ÒChinoiseÓ, first edition, 33 plates, some colour, illustrations, leaves a little wrinkled by damp, very light staining on title from frontispiece (now bound following title), modern half crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt with pink calf labels, t.e.g., others uncut, original illustrated wrappers bound in, [Bromley 150; Tardy p.57], 4to, Neuchatel, 1919. *** Scarce.
Lot 31
Clockmakers` Company.- Register of Apprentices of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London... 1631 to...1931, compiled...by Charles Edward Atkins..., first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, pencil signature of Charles Allix on front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Bromley 194; Tardy p.63], 8vo, privately printed, 1931.
Lot 35
Cumming (Alexander) The Elements of Clock and Watch-work, Adapted to Practice. In Two Essays, first edition, second issue, dedication leaves bound in reverse order, lacking Q3 (part-title to second essay), with 15 folding engraved plates only (of 16, lacking plate 15, supplied in loosely inserted photocopy), errata leaf at end, lightly soiled, one or two plates frayed and reinforced at fore-edge, modern half morocco, spine ruled in gilt with red calf labels, [Baillie p.270; Bromley 218; Tardy p.68], 4to, [by J.Hughes] for the Author..., 1766. *** The author was a mathematician, mechanic and clockmaker from Edinburgh who worked in London and was one of the examiners of Harrison`s longitude watch. This is his first book, one of 2 issues published in the same year, this with an errata leaf.
Lot 37
Dubois (Pierre) La Tribune Chronometrique, Scientifique et Biographique, first edition, 5 plates, 2 folding, wood-engraved illustrations, a little browned, some foxing, a few pencil annotations, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, [Bromley 283; Tardy p.81], 4to, Paris, 1852.
Lot 39
Earnshaw (Thomas).- Commissioners of Longitude. Explanations of Time-Keepers, constructed by Mr.Thomas Earnshaw and the late Mr.John Arnold, first edition, 6 engraved plates, 2 folding (others creased where previously folded), foxed and stained, some tears mostly to old folds (repaired), Daniel Buckney`s copy presented to him by G.J.Jenkins with accompanying A.L.s. dated 1898 loosely inserted, later half calf, rubbed, [Bromley 203; Tardy p.64], 4to, T.Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay, 1806.
Lot 40
Earnshaw (Thomas) Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: stating Mr.Thomas Earnshaw`s Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers...and his consequent Right to National Reward, [2 copies], numbers 47 & 194 of 350 facsimile reprints, illustrations, original rexine-backed boards, transparent wrapper, BHI, 1986; and a bound photocopy of the first edition, 8vo & oblong 4to (3)
Lot 47
Gould (Lt. Commander Rupert T.) The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, first edition, the author`s copy with his extensive annotations and additions, frontispiece and plates, a few later notes, postcard etc. loosely inserted, some slight damp-staining to upper edges, original cloth, printed dustjacket, defective with large loss, 8vo, J.D. Potter, 1923; and a small quantity of others, including a photocopy of the first mentioned, 2 autograph manuscript notebooks (1 notebook ÒFrom his first annotated copy of The Marine ChronometerÓ, 1 notebook on Harrison`s clocks, correspondence to Agar Baugh), D.S. Torrens notes on Gould`s ÒMarine ChronometerÓ, a pamphlet by Gould, The Reconstruction of Harrison`s First Timekeeper, offprint, 1933, T.L.s. by Gould to Paul Ditisheim, 8 August 1923, thanking him for Òthe Bragnet number of the `Journal Suisse d`Horologie`... and the poster which you sent me is pinned up on the wall of my workshop, where it now looks down upon Harrison`s no. 2 and no. 3 timekeepers, which Sir Frank Dyson has placed in my hands for cleaning and repair. I hope to make them both go againÓ, and a typescript obituary of Gould by Heinrich Otto, v.s., v.d. (7). *** Gould`s The Marine Chronometer is one of the finest books on horology in the English language. ÒBegan re-reading and further annotation of this book on 25-X-40, at Upper Hurdcott, Barford St Martin, near Salisbury. RG 25-X-40... [Foreword] * As originally drafted by the late Sir Frank Dyson. His Foreword was rather wide of the mark, and (in one or two places) flatly contradicted the text. I revised it, I`m afraid, with an unsparing hand. He... accepted all my amendments RG 25-X-40.Ó - Gould.
Lot 48
Gould (Lt. Commander Rupert T.) The Marine Chronometer..., reprint, frontispiece and plates, a few postcards loosely inserted and newspaper cuttings tipped in at beginning, original cloth, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, Holland Press, 1960; and a photocopy of Gould`s annotated first edition of 1923 (see previous lot), 8vo & oblong folio (2)
Lot 52
Gros (Charles) Echappements d`Horloges et de Montres, first edition, illustrations, lightly browned, old ink stamp on title, ink stamp of H.Bertram Cox on front free endpaper, also pencil note by Charles Allix concerning errors of printing in the second edition, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Tardy p.115], 8vo, Paris, [1913]. *** Scarce.
Lot 53
Harcourt-Smith (Simon) A Catalogue of Various Clocks, Watches, Automata, and other miscellaneous objects of European Workmanship dating from the XVIIIth and the early XIXth Centuries, in the Palace Museum and the Wu Ying Tien, Peiping, first edition, 41 plates, title browned, light water-staining and wrinkling to some plates, new tissue guards, modern cloth, original green printed wrappers bound in (a little discoloured and marked), [Bromley 691; Tardy p.124], 4to, Peiping, Palace Museum, 1933. *** Very scarce.
Lot 54
Hatton (Thomas) An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work. first edition, lacking half-title, 17 engraved plates only (of 18, lacking plate at p.326), all but one folding, signed by Charles Allix Òfrom C.A.IlbertÓ in pencil on front free endpaper and with some pencil marginalia, spotted and soiled, a few small stains, K7 & 8 torn/slightly defective at lower margin not affecting text, later half calf, rubbed, [Baillie p.294; Bromley 421; Tardy p.126], 8vo, for T.Longman, and G.Robinson..., 1773.
Lot 60
Imison (John) The School of Arts; or, An Introduction of Useful Knowledge..., 2 parts in 1, fourth edition, 24 folding engraved plates, a little soiled and browned, some plates a little frayed and defective at edges, all laid down, modern calf, spine with red and blue calf labels, spine a little faded, [Baillie p.354], for J.Murray and S.Highley, 1796; and Martin`s `Institutiones Horologicae, or, a Physico-Mathematical Theory of Clock-work` (pp.361-535 of A New and Comprehensive System of Mathematical Institutions of 1764) bound in modern cloth-backed boards, 8vo (2) *** The first includes a chapter on clock-making.
Lot 61
Jurgensen (Urbain) Principes Generaux de l`Exacte Mesure du Temps par les Horloges, first edition, with half-title and table at end but lacking the 19 plates, p.239 with marginal tear repaired, washed, modern marbled boards preserving old paper label on spine, green edges, [Bromley 499; Tardy p.144], Copenhagen, 1805; Principes de l`Exacte Mesure du Temps par les Horloges, Atlas only, second edition, 17 engraved plates after Louis Urbain Jurgensen (as issued despite 19 plates in first edition), some foxing, all water-stained, original lilac printed wrappers, folded, faded and stained, a few small tears at edges, [Tardy p.144], oblong folio, Paris and St.Petersburg, 1838; Allgemeine Grundsatze der genanen Zeitmessung durch Uhren, lacking plates, severely foxed, ex-library copy with old ink stamps, modern half calf, red calf labels, [Tardy p.144], Leipzig, 1840; and a bound extract of an article by Charles Kalish on the Jurgensen Dynasty (damp-stained) and a folder of photocopied material including the 19 plates from the 1805 edition, 4to & oblong folio (5)
Lot 62
Lancashire Watch Company, Limited. Prescot, Lancashire. Its Rise and Progress, printed in blue, Prescot, 1893 § Kelly`s Directory of he Watch & Clock Trades 1887, fourth edition, 1887 § Goldsmiths`, Jewellers`, Silversmiths`, Watchmakers`, Opticians`, and Cutlers` Directory..., lightly stained, one leaf loose, W.Hogg, 1863, the first with illustrations, the others with advertisements, all original cloth, rubbed, the last two stained and faded; and a small quantity of others on regional clock- and watch-makers, many pamphlets, photocopies etc., 8vo & 4to (sm.qty)
Lot 65
Lee (Ronald A.) The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock or The Fromanteel Family and their contemporaries 1658-1670: A Loan Exhibition..., first edition, illustrations, one colour, original printed wrappers, loosely inserted in publisher`s original cloth folder, spine very slightly spotted, [Bromley 520], 4to, 1969.
Lot 66
Lee (Ronald A.) The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock..., first edition, illustrations, one colour, T.L.s. from the author to Col.H.Quill loosely inserted, also sheet of notes by Allix concerning a Fromanteel clock, bound in half red morocco over marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in, spine very slightly soiled,[Bromley 520], 1969; and another Lee catalogue, 4to (2)
Lot 70
Lloyd (H.Alan) Some Outstanding Clocks over Seven Hundred Years 1250-1950, 1958 § Darken (J.) and John Hooper. English 30 Hour Clocks...1600-1800, Woking, 1997 § Robinson (Tom) The Longcase Clock, Woodbridge, 1981 § Bruton (Eric) The History of Clocks and Watches, New York, 1979 § Thorpe (N.M.) The French Marble Clock, Colchester, 1990 § Sellink (J.L.) Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks ca.1670-1870..., Leiden, 1973 § Goodison (Nicholas) English Barometers 1680-1860, 1969, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, the fourth also with slip-case; and c.20 others on clocks, barometers etc., 4to & 8vo (c.25)
Lot 72
Manley (Wilhelm) Nutzlicher Unterricht von Sack-Uhren, third edition, folding engraved plate, text browned, small stain to foot of title, old ink stamp of S within a star on verso, bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld, original boards, rubbed, spine repaired, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Baillie p.144; Tardy p.169], 12mo, Vienna, Peter Konrad Monath, 1751. *** Concerning watch mechanisms, faults and setting a watch from a sundial. The first edition was reputedly published in Frankfurt and Leipzig in 1715 and a second edition in Frankfurt in 1728, with a slightly altered title, but Baillie knows of no copies of either. Only one copy of the work (this edition) listed on COPAC, in the National Library of Scotland. ÒThis is a mysterious book, as there is no known English work from which it can be translated, nor is there known any William Manley connected with horology. The book is well written and deserved its four editions.Ó Baillie
Lot 76
Mercer (Vaudrey) John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762-1843, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, old photocopy of Arnold`s patent no.1113 loosely inserted, 1972; The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker..., lacking front free endpaper, 1977; The Frodshams: The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers, 1981, illustrations, very light water-staining to lower outer corner of first and last, original boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the first frayed at edges; and a bundle of others, ephemera relating to the same including a Frodsham pamphlet on mercurial compensation pendulums of 1866 and table of latitude and longitude, v.s. (c.10)
Lot 77
Moinet (Louis) Nouveau Traite General Astronomique et Civil d`Horlogerie Theorique et Pratique..., 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles and 51 folding plates mounted on stubs, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, spines slightly faded, [cf.Bromley 587 & Tardy p.177, 1848 edition], 8vo, Paris, chez l`Auteur-Editeur, 1844. *** According to Charles Allix this is an unrecorded edition issued prior to the so-called first edition of 1848, possibly bound from parts (see signed autograph note by the author bound in at beginning).
Lot 81
Nelthropp (Rev. H.L.) A Treatise on Watch-work, Past and Present, presentation copy from the author, 1873 § Glasgow (David) Watch and Clock Making, second edition, 1893 § Saunier (Claudius) The Watchmaker`s Hand-book, third edition, 1891 § Britten (F.J.) The Watch & Clockmakers` Handbook, fourth edition, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), 1881; Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers, sixth edition, 1932, some illustrations, original cloth, the first pictorial gilt, a little rubbed; and 18 others, watchmaking etc., 8vo & 4to (23)
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Lot 83
[Osterwald (Samuel-Frederic)] Description des Montagnes et des Vallees qui sont partie de la Principaute de Neuchatel et Valangin, second edition, with final blank, woodcut ornament on title and head- & tail-pieces, small old ink stamp of S within a star on verso of title, lightly browned, old ink inscription ÒDr. Heinrich Duthaler, Basel 1913Ó at head of front free endpaper, bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, a little worn at corners and head of spine, label very slightly chipped, 8vo, Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1766. *** Very scarce item of both mountaineering and horological interest, originally issued in Journal Helvetique in December 1764. Only 2 copies of this first edition in book form listed on COPAC, in the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.
Lot 85
Patent Office.- Abridgments of the Specifications relating to Watches, Clocks, and other Timekeepers, 1858; [...Optical, Mathematical, and other Philosophical Instruments], lacking title, [1875], together 2 works in 1 vol., some annotations, browned, title of first laid down, modern cloth, stained, spine faded; and 6 others on horological patents, some photocopies, v.s. (7)
Lot 87
Perron (Dr) Histoire de l`Horlogerie en Franche-Comte, lightly water-stained, 1860 § Lebon (E.) Études Historiques, Morales et Statistiques sur l`Horlogerie en Franche-Comte, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of half-title, some foxing, 1860 § Megnin (Georges) Naissance Developpement et Situation actuelle de l`Industrie Horlogere a Besan?on, book-labels of G.C.Williamson and Granville Hugh Baillie preserved on front free endpaper, 1909, all with old ink stamp on verso of title, the first two with bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld, all modern cloth, the second with original printed wrappers bound in (soiled and laid down) and rubbed, [Tardy pp.195, 156 & 174], 8vo & 4to, Besan?on (3)
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