Antiquarian Horology: A Private Library. Online Auction

Begins closing: June 27, 2013 AT 12:00 AM

Prices realised include Buyer's Premium

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Lot 1
John Smith, C. M. (d.1730), HOROLOGICAL DISQUISITIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF TIME, AND THE REASONS WHY ALL DAYS, FROM NOON TO NOON, ARE NOT ALIKE TWENTY FOUR HOURS LONG. IN WHICH APPEARS THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF A CLOCK'S BEING ALWAYS KEPT EXACTLY TRUE TO THE SUN. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE BEST RULES FOR THE ORDERING AND USE BOTH OF THE QUICK-SILVER AND SPIRIT WEATHER-GLASSES: AND MR. S. WATSON'S RULES FOR ADJUSTING A CLOCK BY THE FIXED STARS
Realised: $252
Lot 3
Dom Pierre de Sainte Marie Magdeleine d’Abbeville, TRAITE D'HORLOGIOGRAPHIE CONTENTANT PLUSIEURS MANIERES DE CONSTRUIRE SUR TOUTES SURFACES TOUTES SORTES DE LIGNES HORAIRES , & AUTRES CERCLES DE LA SPHERE
Realised: $216
Lot 4
Ferdinand Berthoud (1707-1807), ECLAIRCISSEMENS SUR L’INVENTION, LA THEORIE, LA CONSTRUCTION, ET LES ÉPREUVES DES NOUVELLES MACHINES PROPOSÉES EN FRANCE, POUR LA DETERMINATION DES LONGITUDES EN MER PAR LA MEASURE DE TEMPS
Realised: $288
Lot 5
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), ESSAI SUR L'HORLOGERIE DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DE CET ART RELATIVEMENT A L’USAGE CIVIL, A L’ASTRONOMY ET A LA NAVIGATION
Realised: $264
Lot 6
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), TRAITÉ DES MONTRES A LONGITUDES, CONTENANT LA CONSTRUCTION, LA DESCRIPTION & TOUS LE DÉTAILS DE MAIN D’OEUVRE DE CES MACHINES; LEURS DIMENSIONS, LA MANIÉRE DE LES ÉPROUVER, &C, SUIVI DU MEMOIRE SUR LE TRAVAIL DES MONTRES A LONGITUDES & DESCRIPTION DE DEUX HORLOGES ASTRONOMIQUES & ESSAI SUR LES POIDS ET LES MEASURES.
Realised: $372
Lot 7
Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), LONGITUDE: AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC STATING MR. THOMAS EARNSHAW’S CLAIM TO THE ORGINAL INVENTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN HIS TIMEKEEPERS, THEIR SUPERIOR GOING IN NUMEROUS VOYAGES, AND ALSO AS TRIED BY THE ASTRONOMER ROYAL BY ORDERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF LONGITUDE, AND HIS CONSEQUENT RIGHT TO NATIONAL REWARD
Realised: $660
Lot 8
Alexander Cumming (1732-1814), THE ELEMENTS OF CLOCK AND WATCH-WORK, ADAPTED TO PRACTICE. IN TWO ESSAYS
Realised: $660
Lot 9
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), TABLES AND TRACTS RELATIVE TO SEVERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Realised: $120
Lot 10
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), SELECT MECHANICAL EXERCISES: SHEWING HOW TO CONSTRUCT DIFFERENT CLOCKS, ORRERIES, AND SUNDIALS, PLAIN AND EASY ON PRINCIPLES
Realised: $216
Lot 11
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), SELECT MECHANICAL EXERCISES: SHEWING HOW TO CONSTRUCT DIFFERENT CLOCKS, ORRERIES, AND SUNDIALS, ON PLAIN AND EASY PRINCIPLES
Realised: $180
Lot 12
James Ferguson F. R. S. (1710-1776), LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS AND OPTICS WITH THE USE OF THE GLOBES, THE ART OF DIALING AND THE CALCULATION OF THE MEAN TIMES OF NEW AND FULL MOONS AND ECLIPSES
Realised: $120
Lot 13
James Ferguson F. R. S. (1710-1776), LECTURES ON SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS, AND ASTRONOMY
Realised: $60
Lot 14
Abraham Rees (1743-1825), REES HOROLOGY
Realised: $156
Lot 15
David Brewster A. M. (1781-1868), PLATES ILLUSTRATIVE OF FERGUSON’S LECTURES ON MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS, GEOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY, AND DIALING
Realised: $120
Lot 17
Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert, L’ENCYCLOPÉDIE HORLOGERIE
Realised: $348
Lot 18
E. Hessling, DOCUMENTS DE STYLE EMPIRE ORFÈVRERIE & HORLOGERIE
Realised: $84
Lot 19
Thomas Hatton, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICAL PART OF CLOCK AND WATCHWORKS
Realised: $216
Lot 20
Thomas Hatton, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICAL PART OF CLOCK AND WATCHWORKS.
Realised: $312
Lot 23
Alfred Ungerer (1861-1933), LES ASTRONOMIQUES ET MONUMENTALES LES PLUS REMARQUABLES DE L‘ANTIQUITÉJUSQUE À NO JOURS
Realised: $72
Lot 24
Henry Sully (1680-1729) with Julien Le Roy (1686-1789), REGLE ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMPS, TRAITÉ DE LA DIVISION NATURELLE ET ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMPS, DES HORLOGES ET DES MONTRES DE DIFFERENTES CONSTRUCTIONS, DE LA MANIERE DE LES CONNOÎTRE ET DE LES REGLER AVEC JUSTESSE
Realised: $132
Lot 25
Dom Jacques Allexandre (1653-1734), TRAITÉ GÉNÉRAL DES HORLOGES
Realised: $120
Lot 26
Louis Moinet (1768-1852), TRAITE D’HORLOGERIE
Realised: $180
Lot 27
R. W. Symonds, THOMAS THOMPION; HIS LIFE & WORKS, 1639-1713
Realised: $132
Lot 28
Catalogue of the Collection of Watches, The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan
Realised: $1,740
Lot 29
George Daniels, THE ART OF BREGUET
Realised: $108
Lot 30
Sir David Lionel Salomons, BREGUET (1747-1823)
Realised: $192
Lot 31
F. H. Green, OLD ENGLISH CLOCKS, BEING A COLLECTOR’S OBSERVATIONS ON SOME SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CLOCKS
Realised: $360
Lot 32
Pierre Dubois, COLLECTION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DU PRINCE PIERRE SOLTYKOFF, HORLOGERIE
Realised: $84
Lot 33
La France Horlogère, 1901-1911 Inclusive, Bound in Eight Volumes
Realised: $264
Lot 34
Six Volumes of Antiquarian Horological Periodicals
Realised: $48
Lot 36
Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $60
Lot 37
Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology and Astronomy
Realised: $72
Lot 38
Thirteen Volumes on Antiquarian Horological Collections
Realised: $60
Lot 39
Twelve Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $36
Lot 40
Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $36
Lot 41
Eleven Volumes on Anitquarian Horology
Realised: $72
Lot 42
Seventeen German Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $468
Lot 43
Eleven Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $60
Lot 44
Ten Volumes on English Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $60
Lot 45
Three Volumes on Antiquarian Horology, Chronometers
Realised: $660
Lot 47
Nine Volumes on English Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $72
Lot 48
Fifteen French Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Realised: $252
Lot 49
Six Volumes on Antiquarian Horology and Related Subjects
Realised: $72

Prices realised for the lots above include Buyer's Premium. Lot numbers which are omitted represent items which were withdrawn, passed or unsold as of the publication of this list. Not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.

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