L'art de conduire et de régler les pendules et les montres: à l'usage de ceux qui n'ont aucune connoissance d'horlogerie.

12mo: xvi-79-[1] pp.; 4 pl. (some waterstaining in the margins, f. aii missing?).

Mod. binding, flat spine, renewed endpapers.

First edition of this well-known treatise by the watchmaker of Louis XV and the Royal Navy Berthoud (1727-1807). Illustrated with 4 engr. plates by P.P. Choffard showing clock mechanisms.
Ref. BnF (f. aii also not present in the digitised copy). - Berlin Kat. 1757. - Tardy 30. - Baillie (Watchmakers & Clockmakers), p. 24. - Baillie (Clocks & watches), p. 250. - Cp. Poggendorff I:168.
Prov. Danglade (ms. entry on front flyleaf).