La Dynastie des Le Roy : horlogers du roi : Musée des beaux-arts de Tours, 11 avril-14 juin 1987.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tours [France] : Le Musée, [1987]Description: 82 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room NK7495.F7 D9 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000035309

Includes bibliographical references.

31560000035309 9637

Exhibition Catalog 1987 from the Art Museum in TOurs (France) on a temporary exhibit on occasion of the 400th anniversary of David LeRoys (Maitre Horloger ordinaire du roi) start as a watchmaker in Tours and the 300th anniversary of the birth pf his great-grand son Julien LeRoy (Maitre Horloger a Paris, friend of Sully, and inventor of marine timekeepers etc). With several essays by noted authors and a description of the 53 exhibited objects (5 pieces by LeRoy a Tours and Piere LeRoy, 18 pieces by Julien LeRoy, 6 pieces attributed to Julier LeRoys shop, a dozen other objects (tools etc) and 6 books)

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