Eclaircissemens Sur L'invention, La Theorie, La Construction, Et Les Epreuves Des Nouvelles Machines Proposees En France, Pour La Determination Des Longitudes En Mer Par La Mesure Du Temps

Ferdinand Berthoud; Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Musier; Pierre Le Roy, horloger

J.B.G. Musier, 1773

[Rare Treatise on French Clockmaking] 25 cm. Cloth spine over marbled boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover.  VIII, 164 p. Clean, unmarked pages. Some degradation to the bottom corner margin of the last few pages. "This is a very detailed and verbose reply to Le Roy's Precis." - Baillie, 294. Tardy, 31. Clockmakers Libr., 70. Polak, 702.  Poggendorff 1, 168.