Lot n° 126
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: 845EUR
SULLY, Henry - Lot 126
SULLY, Henry
Description abrégée d'un horloge d'une nouvelle invention, pour la juste mesure tu temps sur mer. Avec le jugement de l'académie royale des sciences. Paris, Briasson, 1726. 2 parts in one volume in-4 (240 x 191 mm) with 10 ff.n.ch., 44 pp., 3 ff.n.ch., pp. 49-90, 1 f.n.ch. (errata), 3 folding engraved plates. Demi-basane, smooth spine decorated, spotted edges (19th century binding). First edition. Born in 1680, Henry Sully was an English clockmaker known for having invented the marine clock to determine longitude with precision. Minor binding defects, otherwise a good copy.
Ex-libris Yves Louis Mongrolle.
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