[Watchmaking] - CAPRIGLIA, Giuseppe da. Misura del tempo cioè trattato di Horologij da Ruota di tre ordini. Padova, Andrea Gattella, 1665
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Description
4to, mm. 202x152;contemporary stiff velum binding with titles impressed in black ink within the label on the spine, sprayed edges; pp. 8 not numbered, including Frontespiece, 72; many illustrations of clocks and gears within the text, 20 at full page. Fine specimen.
VERY RARE ILLSTRATED ORIGINAL EDITION, the first treaty of mechanical watchmaking. Are examined and described in detail three types of watches "by wheel": rustic bell tower, clean chamber, luster from his chest. The numerous illustrations are accompanied by precise legends with the Italian nomenclature of the various components. This is the first important treatise on watches worldwide, a milestone in the history of watchmaking.
Parenti, Prime ed. Italian, 124; Riccardi I, 237-238; Robertson 60.
Bound with:
MARTINELLI, Domenico. Horologi elementari. Venezia, Bortolo Tramontino, 1669
Pp. 155, 5 not numbered.; 16 plates within the text engr. in copper at full page numbered I-XVI.
RARE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. This is, together with that of Capriglia, the most important work on watches published in Italy in the seventeenth century. Martinelli collects all the knowledge of the time on the clocks, divided into four parts: the first part will deal with those driven by the water, in the second with the earth, with the air in the third, the fourth with fire. Of particular interest is the discussion of the latest mechanical devices that preceded the studies of Galileo and Huiygens on the pendulum. The work is also notable for the beautiful illustrations. Vinciana 1668; Tardy 171; Baillie, pp. 76-79: "A horological classic".
Riccardi II, 124; Bibl. General de la mesure du temps, 171-172; Honeyman 2164; Piantanida 1668; Riccardi I, 123-124.
Condition Report: Very nice copies. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
VERY RARE ILLSTRATED ORIGINAL EDITION, the first treaty of mechanical watchmaking. Are examined and described in detail three types of watches "by wheel": rustic bell tower, clean chamber, luster from his chest. The numerous illustrations are accompanied by precise legends with the Italian nomenclature of the various components. This is the first important treatise on watches worldwide, a milestone in the history of watchmaking.
Parenti, Prime ed. Italian, 124; Riccardi I, 237-238; Robertson 60.
Bound with:
MARTINELLI, Domenico. Horologi elementari. Venezia, Bortolo Tramontino, 1669
Pp. 155, 5 not numbered.; 16 plates within the text engr. in copper at full page numbered I-XVI.
RARE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. This is, together with that of Capriglia, the most important work on watches published in Italy in the seventeenth century. Martinelli collects all the knowledge of the time on the clocks, divided into four parts: the first part will deal with those driven by the water, in the second with the earth, with the air in the third, the fourth with fire. Of particular interest is the discussion of the latest mechanical devices that preceded the studies of Galileo and Huiygens on the pendulum. The work is also notable for the beautiful illustrations. Vinciana 1668; Tardy 171; Baillie, pp. 76-79: "A horological classic".
Riccardi II, 124; Bibl. General de la mesure du temps, 171-172; Honeyman 2164; Piantanida 1668; Riccardi I, 123-124.
Condition Report: Very nice copies. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
