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Auction 21 December 2021 THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING & SCIENCE - Paris

Bid on the lot list Chayette & Cheval : 21 December 2021 - LE NOMBRE IMPORTANT D'ENCHERISSEURS SUR LES PASSERELLES "LIVE" RALENTISSANT LE RYTHME DES VENTES, LA VENTE D'HORLOGERIE DU 21 DÉCEMBRE 2021 DEBUTERA A 16h (ET NON 15h), A L'ISSUE DE LA VENTE MOBILIÈRE COMMENÇANT A 13H30.NOUS VOUS REMERCIONS POUR VOTRE COMPRÉHENSION.IL SERAIT DOMMAGE DE NE PAS SAVOIR "PRENDRE SON TEMPS" DANS UNE VENTE CONSACRÉE A L'HORLOGERIE... La Salle - Paris

THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING & SCIENCE

Tuesday 21 December 2021 - 16:00 (CET) - Live

20, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris

Chayette & Cheval

THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING & SCIENCE

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Lot n° 1

PROCLUS, ARATUS, HYGINUS, et ALII....

PROCLUS, ARATUS, HYGINUS, et ALII. Astronomica veterum scripta Isagogica græca latin, Heidelberg, (Officina Sanctandreana), 1589. 2 parts in 1 volume in-8, 17th century vellum, smooth spine with ink title. 2 + 170 pp, then 302 and 2 pages, 48 woodcuts,...

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Lot n° 2

BREGUET, Louis. Manuel de télégraphie...

BREGUET, Louis. Manuel de télégraphie électrique, 4th edition revised, corrected and enlarged, Paris 1862. Half leather, blue marbled paper boards, marbled g. pages, vi + 252p. with 4 lithographed folding plates and woodcut figures in the text. Worn but...

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Lot n° 3

BRYANT (William Cullen), Picturesque...

BRYANT (William Cullen), Picturesque America; or, the land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil, New York (Appleton and Company), 1872-1874. 2 volumes folio, contemporary aubergine leather with cold decoration on boards, gilt titles on both upper...

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Lot n° 4

FERGUSON (James), Tables and tracts,...

FERGUSON (James), Tables and tracts, relative to several arts and sciences, London, W. Strahan (J. and F. Rivington et al), 2nd ed. 1771. In-8 xv + 1 + 334 + 2 p. and 3 plates; contemporary calf (spine rebound, title-piece partly missing). WATTS (Isaac),...

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Lot n° 5

REVOLUTION - ALMANACH, Almanach...

REVOLUTION - ALMANACH, Almanach national de France, l'an deuxième de la République française, une et indivisible, Paris, Testu, s.d., 1793. In-8, 584 p. and a folded map at the head of the volume; contemporary marbled basane, smooth spine (damaged headpieces...

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Lot n° 6

Important lot on astronomy, globes...

Important lot on astronomy, globes and spheres including: I. JENNINGS (David), An introduction to the use of the globes, and the orrery : also, the application of astronomy to chronology ..., London, Nourse, Buckland, Dilly, 1766. In- 8vo, full calf...

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Lot n° 7

GLOBES. Advertisements and catalogues...

GLOBES. Advertisements and catalogues of manufacturers. A leaf, from a magazine, for the globes of H. B. NIMS Company, Troy, N.Y. Late 19th century. RAND McNALLY, Index globes for the home, office, school and library. Catalogue No. 331, circa 1920-1930....

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Lot n° 8

GLOBES. Twenty-four works and booklets...

GLOBES. Twenty-four works and booklets in Dutch and German. Works by Krause, Van Balen, Bos, Fokkens de Gast, Blink, Van Henekeler, Uitgever, JRO.

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Lot n° 9

DOCUMENTATION. Terrestrial and...

DOCUMENTATION. Terrestrial and celestial globes BLAEU, Atlas Maior 1665, reprinted 2005; LISTER (Raymond), How to identify old maps and globes, 1965; MURIS and SAARMANN, Der Globus im Wandel der Zeiten, 1961; Christie's, The decorative arts sale including...

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Lot n° 10

RAVENSTEIN, E. G. Martin Behaim....

RAVENSTEIN, E. G. Martin Behaim. His life and his globe. London, 1908. In-folio. Recent green cloth, slipcase, 122pp. with pocket of 4 reproductions of the spindles. N° 443 of an edition limited to 510 copies. We add GREAVES THOMAS. Translations and...

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Lot n° 11

ASTRONOMY, OPTICS, GENERALITIES....

ASTRONOMY, OPTICS, GENERALITIES. PARISELLE, A. Les instruments optiques 1923; P. Salet Spectrosco pie astronoique 1909; GILLE, Bertrand. Histoire des techniques (Pléiade) 1978; Sirius, celestial map; POULLE, Emmanuel. Un constructeur d'instruments astronomiques...

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Lot n° 12

CHAPPUIS, James BERGET, Alphonse....

CHAPPUIS, James BERGET, Alphonse. Cours de physique s. d. WATIN, L'art des peintre, doreur, vernisseur ..., 1778, reprinted in-facsimile 1976; MAIGNE ROBICHON, Manuel du marqueteur du tabletier et de l'ivoirier, reprinted in-facsimile 1977. Set. 3 ...

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Lot n° 13

NOT SOLD DUPLICATE WITH LOT...

NOT SOLD DUPLICATE WITH LOT 69 PLANCHON, Mathieu Musée Rétrospectif de la Classe 96 : Horlogerie à l'exposition universelle Internationale de 1900 ... Rapport, Paris 1901. Gr in-8°, red gilt morocco by Gruel slightly rubbed, marbled g.p., covers...

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Lot n° 14

AJASSON DE GRANDSAGNE, J. B. François-Étienne)....

AJASSON DE GRANDSAGNE, J. B. François-Étienne). Bibliothèque populaire ou l'Instruction mise à la portée de toutes les classes et de toutes les intelligences, 1832-1835 27 volumes small in-12 including two oblong volumes, uniform bindings in mouse calf...

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Lot n° 15

STE MARIE MAGDELEINE, Pierre de....

STE MARIE MAGDELEINE, Pierre de. Traité d'horlogiographie contenant plusieurs manières de construire sur toutes surfaces toutes sortes de lignes horaires, autres cercles de la sphère ..., Nvlle édition Paris 1680. In-8°, pl. bas. (wear), gilt spine (faded)...

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Lot n° 17

VARIA. Lot of seven volumes, jewellery,...

VARIA. Lot of seven volumes, jewellery, history, antiquities, studies.

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Lot n° 18

DAUMAS, Maurice, Les instruments...

DAUMAS, Maurice, Les instruments scientifiques aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle, 1953; DEMORIANNE, Hélène. L'Art de reconnaître les instruments scientifiques du temps passé, 1974; MICHEL, Henri. Les cadrans solaires de Max Elskamp, 1966.

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Lot n° 19

Matthias Seutter, Sphæræ artificialis,...

Matthias Seutter, Sphæræ artificialis, synoptica idea delineatæ et propositæ a ..., Augsburg 17**. The engraving shows an armillary sphere, a celestial globe and a terrestrial globe heightened in colours. 62 x 54 cm (passe-partout) 72 x 64cm.

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Lot n° 20

WOODWARD, David. The Hotlzheimer...

WOODWARD, David. The Hotlzheimer venetian globe gores, Madison (The Juniper Press) 1987. In-8°, half cloth and marbled boards, ii + 20pp, accompanying text for an in-facsimile reprint of a set of spindles for a globe attributed to, Livio and Giulio Sanuto...

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Lot n° 21

NOT COMING Four tiles of covering...

NOT COMING Four tiles of covering in green, blue and yellow presenting a star with eight points evoking a compass rose. 31 x 31.5cm. We add a similar square mounted as a tea light holder with an inscription on the back noting that the object...

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Lot n° 22

Relief map of the commune of Montfort...

Relief map of the commune of Montfort made by Marie Sarrant in 1885'. Relief map executed in wax, modelled and coloured, mounted on cardboard, the whole carried on a pine board 68.5cm x 86cm. The commune of Montfort is represented in three dimensions...

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Lot n° 23

Drum microscope modelled on Benjamin...

Drum microscope modelled on Benjamin Martin's, England or France, circa 1780-90. It is mounted on its mahogany carrying case (to be restored). H. closed 20.5cm; box 23c x 13cm x 8.5cm. Model without parallel that prefigures those of the 1820/...

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Lot n° 24

Interesting model of travel microscope...

Interesting model of travel microscope built in aluminium. With a rather light weight signed 'Carl Zeiss, Jena Nr. 50672', circa 1910. Instrument complete with accessories in its leather carrying case. 25cm x 16 x 10cm.

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Lot n° 25

Artificial and mechanical globe...

Artificial and mechanical globe for the use of the small geographer, The Hague and Amsterdam F. J. Weygand. About 1830. Small in-8°, 8pp booklet + a double coloured plate with an engraved and hand-coloured globe of six spindles cut out. It is mounted...

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Lot n° 26

Small weighted globe, carrying...

Small weighted globe, carrying a lighter, for the English market. The globe signed 'Terrestrial Globe Made and forsale sic by J Forest Geographer 17-19 R. de Buci, 17-19 Paris'. D. of the globe 70mm. Total height 115mm.

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Lot n° 27

Equinoctial globe sold by 'les...

Equinoctial globe sold by 'les fils d'Emile Deyrolle, 46 rue du Bac, Paris (VIIe), early 20th century. Globe composed of 12 colored spindles and 2 polar caps mounted on a cast iron tripod decorated with masks and lion paws; brass half-meridian and brass...

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Lot n° 28

Equinoctial globe by H. Balieus,...

Equinoctial globe by H. Balieus, 3rd edition on a scale of 1 : 40000,000 by L. Windels, Brussels, ca. 1920. Belgian teaching globe composed of 12 coloured spindles and 2 polar caps on steel axis, mounted on a cast iron tripod decorated with bands and...

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Lot n° 29

Celestial globe by Dietrich Reimer...

Celestial globe by Dietrich Reimer in a circular iron and paper frame, mounted on a fir base, surface very worn, accidents and missing. D. of the globe 20cm. 1930's. We add an electric globe-clock signed 'TL globe made in Holland. Model E10'. D. 10cm...

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Lot n° 30

Tellurium in cast iron, brass and...

Tellurium in cast iron, brass and printed paper signed 'Société Nationale des Conférences Populaires', The globe signed 'E. Bertaux 25 rue Serpente Paris'. D. of the globe 70m. L. of the arm 33cm ; H. 31.3cm. Accidents to the engraved paper of the zodiacal...

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Lot n° 31

Planimeter by Beuvière, unsigned,...

Planimeter by Beuvière, unsigned, France, circa 1845, in its wooden case L. 54cm. Missing the graduated glass ruler. Instrument for measuring area, designed by A. Beuvière, former Chief Surveyor of the Cadastre and professor at the Conservatoire des...

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Lot n° 32

Electricity. A Charpentier ballistic...

Electricity. A Charpentier ballistic galvanometer; two battery bodies, standards for measurements in Ohm, a Siemens galvanometer, an electrical instrument for measuring gases, an early and a large Mazda bulb.

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Lot n° 33

Large pantograph by Adrien Gavard...

Large pantograph by Adrien Gavard (1794-1871), signed with his first address 'Gavard rue du Marché St Honoré n°4 / à Paris, circa 1845. Box 1m 03.5 x 18cm x 14.5cm. Manufacturer of instruments for surveying and geodesy, Gavard specializes in pantographs...

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Lot n° 34

Important lot of optics: prisms...

Important lot of optics: prisms and lenses for spectroscopy, microscopy and telescopes.

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Lot n° 35

Set of instruments for surgery...

Set of instruments for surgery and medicine including knives, scalpels, acoustic horn, clyster, urinal, ...

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Lot n° 36

Important lot of drawing, mathematical,...

Important lot of drawing, mathematical, weighing and carpenter instruments, 19th and 20th century.

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Lot n° 37

Two aneroid barometer movement...

Two aneroid barometer movements.

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Lot n° 38

Patinated brass sextant with platinum...

Patinated brass sextant with platinum scale and vernier, complete with its two glasses in a mahogany box bearing the label of 'Emmanuel Malacrida Ingénieur, opticien, constructeur, 4 rue Beauvau 22 rue Cannebière, Marseille'. Radius 20cm; box 273mm x...

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Lot n° 39

A pewter hourglass with a square...

A pewter hourglass with a square base and a partly faded hallmark of a fleur-de-lis in a circle with the initials 'CT'. Late 18th/early 19th century. H. 12cm.

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Lot n° 40

Round pewter hourglass without...

Round pewter hourglass without hallmark, early 19th century. H. 12cm.

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Lot n° 41

Brass receiver telegraph bearing...

Brass receiver telegraph bearing the hallmark 'RF' of Richard frères, Paris and the number 95189, mounted on a mahogany base in its display case. 39.5 x 23.5 x 23.5cm. The instrument is equipped with a clockwork to drive the band and a gong. With its...

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Lot n° 42

NOT SOLD Third silver case,...

NOT SOLD Third silver case, of Ottoman manufacture but finely engraved. Case for a relatively small European watch, intended for the Ottoman market, converted later (20th century?), into a direction indicator. D. 62m.

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Lot n° 43

NOT SOLD Diptych box of oval...

NOT SOLD Diptych box of oval shape in bronze inlaid with silver in the reserves. It presents a six-pointed star on each side. The interior has a representation of the ka'aba and a modern direction indicator on paper. 11.3cm x 7.5cm.

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Lot n° 44

THE LOVE OF ART. Vol 48. Special...

THE LOVE OF ART. Vol 48. Special issue on the measurement of time. In-4o, modern half leather, pp. 168 illus. Nice copy. Fourteen varied and original studies.

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Lot n° 45

AUTOMATES. CHAPUIS, Alfred DROZ,...

AUTOMATES. CHAPUIS, Alfred DROZ, Edmond. Les automates, Neuchâtel 1958. In-4°, red cloth (spine faded), 402p. Illus. (A second copy is attached, green cloth, spine faded); CHAPUIS, Alfred. Les automates dans les œuvres d'imagination, Neuchâtel 1947;...

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Lot n° 46

BAILLY, Christian. L'Age d'or des...

BAILLY, Christian. L'Age d'or des automates 1848-1914, Gr. in-4°, dust jacket, gilt cloth binding, 1987.

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Lot n° 47

BEDOS DE CELLE, François, HAMEL,...

BEDOS DE CELLE, François, HAMEL, and GUEDON, Joseph Nouveau Manuel complet du facteur d'orgues, new edition 2 vols, Paris 1903. Gr in-8° (text), in-folio (atlas), half calf, xl + 517p. Atlas of 42 double plates on 32 leaves. The Roret edition of the...

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Lot n° 48

BEILLIARD, Alfred. Recherches sur...

BEILLIARD, Alfred. Recherches sur l'horlogerie, ses inventions et ses célébrités, Paris 1895. In-8°, 208p. ills. bound with La Montre depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours ..., Paris 1908. In-8°, 152p. illus. Half-chagrin, cloth boards.

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Lot n° 49

BERIGAL, P. L'Illustre Jacquemart...

BERIGAL, P. L'Illustre Jacquemart de Dijon : Détails historiques, instructifs et amusants sur ce haut personnage, domicilié en plein air dans cette ville depuis 1382, published with his permission in 1832, Dijon 1832. In-8°, half leather, pp. xvi + 91...

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Lot n° 50

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Essai sur...

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Essai sur l'horlogerie...relativement à l'usage civil, à l'astronomie et à la navigation, 2nd edition, 2 vols 1786. In-4°, reprinted 1978. Unnumbered copy of an edition of 500 copies.

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Lot n° 51

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Histoire de...

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges, 2 vols 1802. In-4°, reprinted 1976, N° 273 of an edition of 500 copies.

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