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Auction archive: Lot number 236

AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF THIRTEEN RARE TITLES BY ALFRED CHAPUIS

Auction 11.03.2005
11 Mar 2005
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,860 - US$3,813
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$5,720
Auction archive: Lot number 236

AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF THIRTEEN RARE TITLES BY ALFRED CHAPUIS

Auction 11.03.2005
11 Mar 2005
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,860 - US$3,813
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$5,720
Beschreibung:

AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF THIRTEEN RARE TITLES BY ALFRED CHAPUIS CHAPUIS (ALFRED & GELIS), Le Monde des Automates , vols. 1 & 2, Paris, 1928, limited edition No. 996 of 1000; Les Automates, Figures Artificielles d'Hommes et d'Animaux , Neuchatel, 1949, limited edition No. 1276, half calf; La Montre Chinoise , Neuchatel, 1919, red linen with embossed cover; Automata, A Historical and Technological Study , Neuchatel, 1958, red linen with embossed cover; Montres et émaux de Genève, Collection H. Wilsforf , Lausanne, 1944, limited edition No. 652 of 900, woven cloth cover, this copy signed and presented by the author to David Torrens; Geneva Watches and Enamels, the H. Wilsdorf Collection , Rolex, 1945, limited edition of 600 copies - this the English translation of the previous book; Pendules Neuchateloises , Neuchatel, 1931; de Horologiis In Arte , Lausanne, 1954; Grands Artisans de la Chronometrie , Neuchatel, 1958, simulated leather; The History of the Self-Winding Watch, 1770-1931 , Neuchatel, 1956, English edition; A.-L. Breguet, Pendant La Révolution Fraçaise , Neuchatel, 1953, limited edition No. 593 of 1000; Les Automates dans les Oeuvres D'Imagination , Neuchatel, 1947, paper cover; The History of the Musical box and of Mechanical Music , Summit, 1980 - thirteen titles (13)

Auction archive: Lot number 236
Auction:
Datum:
11 Mar 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF THIRTEEN RARE TITLES BY ALFRED CHAPUIS CHAPUIS (ALFRED & GELIS), Le Monde des Automates , vols. 1 & 2, Paris, 1928, limited edition No. 996 of 1000; Les Automates, Figures Artificielles d'Hommes et d'Animaux , Neuchatel, 1949, limited edition No. 1276, half calf; La Montre Chinoise , Neuchatel, 1919, red linen with embossed cover; Automata, A Historical and Technological Study , Neuchatel, 1958, red linen with embossed cover; Montres et émaux de Genève, Collection H. Wilsforf , Lausanne, 1944, limited edition No. 652 of 900, woven cloth cover, this copy signed and presented by the author to David Torrens; Geneva Watches and Enamels, the H. Wilsdorf Collection , Rolex, 1945, limited edition of 600 copies - this the English translation of the previous book; Pendules Neuchateloises , Neuchatel, 1931; de Horologiis In Arte , Lausanne, 1954; Grands Artisans de la Chronometrie , Neuchatel, 1958, simulated leather; The History of the Self-Winding Watch, 1770-1931 , Neuchatel, 1956, English edition; A.-L. Breguet, Pendant La Révolution Fraçaise , Neuchatel, 1953, limited edition No. 593 of 1000; Les Automates dans les Oeuvres D'Imagination , Neuchatel, 1947, paper cover; The History of the Musical box and of Mechanical Music , Summit, 1980 - thirteen titles (13)

Auction archive: Lot number 236
Auction:
Datum:
11 Mar 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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