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BERTHOUD, Ferdinand (1727-1807). Essai sur l'horlogerie. Paris: Jombert, Musier and Panckoucke, 1763.
2 volumes, 4o (243 x 190 mm). 38 engraved folding plates. Quarter calf and marbled boards antique, spines elaborately gilt.
FIRST EDITION. The Swiss chronometer-maker Berthoud, who trained with his brother, settled in Paris in 1745. His chronometers were among the best and most accurate of his time. He was a member of the Institute and a fellow of the Royal Society of London, clockmaker to the Navy and clockmaker to the king. Essai sur l'horlogerie is his most important publication on time-keeping devices. Poggendorf 1:168. (2)
2 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION. The Swiss chronometer-maker Berthoud, who trained with his brother, settled in Paris in 1745. His chronometers were among the best and most accurate of his time. He was a member of the Institute and a fellow of the Royal Society of London, clockmaker to the Navy and clockmaker to the king. Essai sur l'horlogerie is his most important publication on time-keeping devices. Poggendorf 1:168. (2)