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3577 - A.L. Breguet, Watchmaker to Kings

ENGEL Thomas

Rare. Very nice book with red leather binding and golden letters.


Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur Membre de l'Académie des Sciences et du Bureau des Longitudes Horloger de la Marine Royale Thoughts on Time. The first section presents a biography i.e. a representation of the life, times and achievements of this great watchmaker and personality. The second section deals, in independent chapters, with the technology and the people who accompanied and determined the life and work of Abraham Louis Breguet. The third part to the volume leads into the philosophy of Time and Space, being so closely connected to horology, explaining, with the help of world famous paintings, their importance in our life. Numerous illustrations..

 

221 pages

Edition : 1994


Langue : anglais
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