COMTOISE CLOCKS – THE MORBIER – THE MOREZ Francis Maitzner, and Jean Moreau; Lawrence Alan Seymour, translator

1991. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Language Edition. 449 pages, 22 colour plates, 474 b&w photographs, 1st English language edition, 1991. A very good book about the clocks from the Franche-Comté region of eastern France, near the Swiss border. The book opens with a history of Comtoise clocks and their development with details of escapements and striking mechanisms. Many different mechanisms, from many periods, are described and illustrated which will be of great help to restorers. The book concludes with a detailed listing of Franche-Comté makers, a guide to dating clocks from their features and a bibliography. A fine copy with very good dust jacket

Notre exemplaire comporte un envoi d’un des traducteur Jean Moreau : envoi à Christian Raimbault avec toute ma reconnaissance pour l’aide qu’il m’a apporté à la réalisation de cet ouvrage – le 21 février 1991