Description: Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a pcitrial guide to antique clocks. CLOCKS by Simon Fleet, Octopus Books, London, 1961. “In this delightful book about all kinds of clocks, Simon Fleet begins his story with man’s earliest timepiece, a stick stuck in the ground to cast a shadow, and traces its history and evolution through sundials and waterclocks, hour glasses and measured candles to the mechanical clock as we know it. He deals with domestic clocks from the end of the fourteenth century to the present day and with chronometers, Japanese clocks and monumental clocks. Famous clockmakers, both European and American, and the patronage by Royalty of clockmakers all over Europe, are described in some detail. The 136 illustrations include old prints of clockmakers and diagrams of clock mechanisms; and among the color photographs are beautiful French and Italian clocks of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.” 8.25“ x 9.6“ hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 96 pages. FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.
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Brand: Unbranded
Industry: Collectible Clocks
Publication Year: 1961
Type: reference book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Contributors: varies
Ex Libris: No
Title: Clocks
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Publisher: Octopus Books, London
Number of Pages: 96
