"Wiener" Reiseuhren = "Viennese" travelling clocks / Peter Fritsch.
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TextLanguage: German, English Publisher: Wein : FCP-Eigenverlag Wien, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: [1st edition]Description: 521 pages : color illustrations, 1 map ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9783200019317
- 320001931X
- "Viennese" travelling clocks
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Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | TS543.A9 F75 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000058368 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A scholarly and comprehensive, richly color illustrated catalogue of the encyclopedic private collection of a wide variety of Austrian travelling clocks (carriage clocks, pendule d'officier) , augmented by examples in museum, recent auctions or other sales. The 'chronological catalog (1 to 2 pages per clock, up to 7 images per object) covers pages 77 through 433 (approximately 170 objects), plus a separate 25 page listing of examples in Austrian museums. The 'Catalog' is preceded with a general history of timekeepers, plus an introduction and history on the Vienna style travel clock, including sections on movement layout, case and movement maintenance and repair et cetera Makers Index, Bibliography. Well over 1000 color illustrations.
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