Books about clocks and watchmaking – 8 vols.

Provenance: Åke Falk urhandel, Stockholm. Most books carry the blue ownership stamp of B & Å Falk, 6 x 4,5 cms, with a falcon vignette. Many books are or have been loosely covered with protective plastic, sometimes resulting in sellotape offsetting on endleaves. This is indicated below with a lowercase or uppercase ”x” / ”X” depending on visibilty of the staining. A. Chapuis & E. Droz: Les automates. Figures artficielles d’hommes et d’animaux. Histoire et technique (Neuchatel 1949, copy no 2735, very fine) A. Chapuis & F. Robert: Grands artisans de la chronometrie. Histoire de lhorlogerie au Locle (Neuchatel 1958, very fine) J.-H. Rodanet: L’horlogerie astronomique et civile. Ses usages, ses progres, son enseignement a Paris (Paris 1886-7, bound with wrappers, top edge gilt, fine) Tardy: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Francais, 1-2 (Paris 1972, severe sellotape staining to flyleaves) Tardy: La pendule française des origines à nos jours, 1-3 (Paris 1974, X) A. Ungerer: Les horloges astronomiques et monumentales les plus remarquables de lantiquité jusquà nos jours (Strasbourg, chez lauteur, 1931, top edge gilt, very fine) .