Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Berthoud, Ferdinand. L’art de conduire et de régler les pendules et les montres: à l’usage de ceux qui n’ont aucune connoissance d’horlogerie.

With 4 folding copperplates. XVI, 79, (1) pp. 12mo. Recent calf in 18th-century style using contemp. paste-downs. – Paris, chez l’auteur and Michel Lambert, 1759.

First edition. Authoritative work by the Swiss born clockmaker and mechanic of the French court and French marine, Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807). – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 26656