Antiquarian Horology: A Private Library. Online Auction - Begins closing: June 27, 2013 AT 12:00 AM - Print

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.