BERTHOUD, L'Art de conduire et de régler les pendules et les montres, 1805
BERTHOUD, Ferdinand.
L'Art de conduire et de régler les pendules et les montres.
Paris, J. M. Eberhart, 1805.
12mo (170x100 mm), xii-93 pages and 4 folding plates. binding : Original blind wrappers.
Third edition. Watchmaking at the end of the 18th century was a field at the cutting edge of technology. Berthoud's manual aimed to make accessible the knowledge and practice of the maintenance and adjustment of clocks and watches. Untouched copy.