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Auction archive: Lot number 7

Marine Chronometers- ten volumes relating to the invention and development...

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$432 - US$720
Price realised:
£450
ca. US$648
Auction archive: Lot number 7

Marine Chronometers- ten volumes relating to the invention and development...

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$432 - US$720
Price realised:
£450
ca. US$648
Beschreibung:

Marine Chronometers- ten volumes relating to the invention and development of the marine timekeeper: Mercer, Vaudrey JOHN ARNOLD & SON AHS, London 1972, dj; Gould, Lieut-Cammander Rupert T. MARINE CHRONOMETER ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The Holland Press, London, reprint 1973, dj; Jagger, Cedric PAUL PHILLIP BARRAUD AHS, London 1968 with seperate supplement volume, both paperback; Amis, P., Good, R. and others PIONEERS OF PRECISION TIMEKEEPING a symposium published by the AHS, London circa 1972; Betts, Jonathan (editor) PRINCIPLES AND EXPLANATIONS OF TIMEKEEPERS BY HARRISON, ARNOLD AND EARNSHAW BHI facsmile of the original 1767 edition 1984, gilt tooled leather quarter bound; Sobel, Dava Longitude Fourth Estate, London 1984, 2 copies each with dj; Sobel, Dava and Anrewes, William J. H. The Illustrated Longitude Fourth Estate, London 1998, dj; Andrewes, William J. H. The Quest for Longitude Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (publishers), Harvard 1996, dj; King, Andrew (curator) From a Peal of Bells JOHN HARRISON 1693-1776 exhibition catalogue, Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire 1993; Betts, Jonathan John Harrison exhibition catalogue, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1993 and a first day cover set of stamps commemorating Harrison's timekeepers 1993, (13). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
10 Feb 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Marine Chronometers- ten volumes relating to the invention and development of the marine timekeeper: Mercer, Vaudrey JOHN ARNOLD & SON AHS, London 1972, dj; Gould, Lieut-Cammander Rupert T. MARINE CHRONOMETER ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The Holland Press, London, reprint 1973, dj; Jagger, Cedric PAUL PHILLIP BARRAUD AHS, London 1968 with seperate supplement volume, both paperback; Amis, P., Good, R. and others PIONEERS OF PRECISION TIMEKEEPING a symposium published by the AHS, London circa 1972; Betts, Jonathan (editor) PRINCIPLES AND EXPLANATIONS OF TIMEKEEPERS BY HARRISON, ARNOLD AND EARNSHAW BHI facsmile of the original 1767 edition 1984, gilt tooled leather quarter bound; Sobel, Dava Longitude Fourth Estate, London 1984, 2 copies each with dj; Sobel, Dava and Anrewes, William J. H. The Illustrated Longitude Fourth Estate, London 1998, dj; Andrewes, William J. H. The Quest for Longitude Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (publishers), Harvard 1996, dj; King, Andrew (curator) From a Peal of Bells JOHN HARRISON 1693-1776 exhibition catalogue, Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire 1993; Betts, Jonathan John Harrison exhibition catalogue, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1993 and a first day cover set of stamps commemorating Harrison's timekeepers 1993, (13). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
10 Feb 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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