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Britten's old clocks and watches and their makers; a historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past in England and abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand makers.
LIBRA - Rare TS542 .B8 1956
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clocks and watches--History.
- Clocks and watches.
- History.
- Clock and watch makers.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 518 pages : illustrations (1 folded) facsimiles
- Edition:
- Seventh edition, G.H. Baillie, C. Clurton, and C.A. Ilbert, with a frontispiece by L.C. Cresswell and diagrams by V. Janca.
- Other Title:
- Old clocks and watches and their masters.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bonanza Books, [©1956]
- Contents:
- Counting the hours: from the beginning to 1550
- The age of decoration
- Counting the minutes
- English supremacy. Circa 1600-1750
- Counting the seconds, 1750-1830
- French clocks. 1660-1830
- National styles
- Alarum, striking and repeating mechanism
- Records of famous makers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-317).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 1801988
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