CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card.
A compendium of horological knowledge, attributed to one Ben[jamin] Dentan, combining textual excerpts with detailed drawings, many displaying the intricate inner movements of clocks and watches, these often full-page: printed sources include the Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud and the Almanach des horlogers. Architectural drawings found at the end of the manuscript perhaps served as inspiration for clock cases.
CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card.
A compendium of horological knowledge, attributed to one Ben[jamin] Dentan, combining textual excerpts with detailed drawings, many displaying the intricate inner movements of clocks and watches, these often full-page: printed sources include the Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud and the Almanach des horlogers. Architectural drawings found at the end of the manuscript perhaps served as inspiration for clock cases.
![CLOCKS AND WATCHES – Clockmaker’s commonplace book, [late 19th-early 20th C], a compilation of manuscript notes and drawings on clock- and watchmaking, some of the drawings on tracing paper, a quantity of material tipped-in. In French, c.38 written pages, folio (280 x 195mm). Contemporary card.](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/6040811/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12140_0366_000(clocks_and_watches_clockmakers_commonplace_book_late_19th-early_20th_c081926).jpg?maxwidth=3840)