Thomas Tompion 300 years : a celebration of the life and work of Thomas Tompion / Jeremy Evans, Jonathan Carter, Ben Wright.

Edition limited to 750 copies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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A massive, scholarly, richly illustrated biography and description of the oeuvre of the London based clock and watch maker Thomas Tompion (1639-1713), arguably the most important clockmaker of the golden era of British clockmaking. With a foreword by David Thompson. Includes a 180 page section describing 121 individual instruments ( 52 spring driven clocks, 38 long-case clocks, 12 miscellaneous clocks and instruments and 19 watches ) in a 281 page 'catalog'; plus a 61 page 'concise checklist' of instruments [revised and corrected list from Evans 2006, a 46 item Bibliography and a substantial index of 11 pages.