LOT 91 Ɵ SULLY, HENRY 'REGLE ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMS,'
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Ɵ SULLY, HENRYREGLE ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMS,pour Appendre la Division Naturelle & Artificielle du Tems, & connoitre toutes fortes d'Horloges et de Montres, et la manière de s'en server adroitement first edition Andreas Heyinger, Vienna 1714, engraved frontispiece by Weickhmansuel featuring the author seated before his sea clock conversing with Father Time, 114 pages, equation table after page 50 and fold-out plate at end, full calf, gilt titled Morocco panel to spine, 8vo.According to Baillie this is 'The first and very rare edition of the most famo of horological books'. Much of the work is concerned with the regulating of watches and clocks. The Author, Henry Sully, was a watchmaker who established a watch factory at Versailles after emigrating to Paris in 1714.
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