BERTHOUD (Ferdinand). Collection of 3 works in 4 vol. in-4, contemporary bindings.
- Essai sur l'horlogerie... Paris, J. Cl. Jombert, Musier & Ch. J. Panckoucke, 1763. 2 volumes, marbled brown calf, ornate ribbed spines.
First edition, illustrated with 38 folded engraved plates.
Bindings rubbed. Covers and corners worn, spines split. Boards soiled and faded. Without the first flyleaf of the first volume.
- Eclaircissemens sur l'invention, la théorie, la construction, et les épreuves des nouvelles machines proposées en France, pour la détermination des longitudes en mer par la mesure du temps, servant de suite à l'Essai sur l'horlogerie & au Traité des horloges marines... Paris, J. B. G. Musier fils, 1773. Marbled fawn basane, spine decorated with gilt faux-nerfs.
First edition.
A good copy. Early handwritten note in ink on verso of first blank leaf "Donné par l'auteur à Besançon franc de port en 1775".
- De la mesure du temps, ou Supplément au Traité des horloges marines, et à l'Essai sur l'horlogerie... Paris, J. G. Mérigot le jeune, Didot fils & Jombert jeune, 1787. Basane fauve racinée, spine ribbed and decorated.
First edition illustrated with 11 folded engraved plates.
Binding rubbed.
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