"Treatise On Mechanical Watchmaking 2 Volumes First Edition From 1741 Moette, Prault, Paris"
ILLUSTRATED WITH 91 NON-TEXT FOLDING PLATES ENGRAVED ON COPPER THESE PLATES SHOW TOOLS AND MACHINES FOR CUTTING WHEELS, PINIONS AND ROCKETS, VOLUME 2 PRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF WATCH AND CLOCK CALIBERS, BRINGS, REPEATERS AND EQUATIONAL MOVEMENTS, ETC..... FIRST EDITION OF THIS COMPLETE TREATISE ON WATCHMAKING OF THE 18TH CENTURY. VOLUME 1 / BOARDS FROM 1 TO 50 ARE MISSING BOARDS 2, 3, 4, 5, WHICH WERE TORN UP BY AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!COMPLETE WITH OTHER BOARDS, BOARD 22 IS TORN WITHOUT GRAVITY. VOLUME 2 / PLATES FROM 1 TO 41 VERY COMPLETE. THESE TWO VOLUMES IN -4 26 CM X 20 CM. IN CALF, RIBBED BACK, RED EDGE, RESTORATION OF THE BINDING SEE PHOTOS THE PRICE IS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE LACK OF THE 4 BOARDS, SHIPPING BY RECOMMENDED COLISSIMO WITH INSURANCE 30 EUROS