Verzameling Historische Vakboeken & Wetenschappelijke Geschiedenis – Horlogerie, Optica, Microscopie - 1900
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A collection titled Verzameling Historische Vakboeken & Wetenschappelijke Geschiedenis – Horlogerie, Optica, Microscopie comprising eight books in German, English and Dutch, dating from circa 1900 to 1972, with mixed bindings and good condition, including titles such as Der Optikermeister and Practical Watch Repairing.
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1. The Optician Master – The Practical Optician's Handbook - G. H. Retina
1930 (Second, revised and improved edition) - Deutsche Verlagswerke Strauß, Vetter & Co., Berlin
pages: approx. 250-300 pages - German
Includes 203 illustrations and 6 tables. Also intended as a guide for the master examination (Meisterprüfung).
2. Practical Watch Repairing - Donald de Carle
1946 (1st edition) - N.A.G. Press Ltd., London
299 pages - English
Illustrated with 553 detailed black-and-white illustrations.
3. The Accurate Regulation of Fine Clocks (Popular Manual for This Work)
C. (Casper) ten Boom (Father of Corrie ten Boom)
ca. 1900 (1st edition) - Fa. B. Cuperus Az., De Bilt
ca. 24 pages - Dutch
Very rare historical horologist's manual from the well-known Haarlem clockmaker.
4. Modern Watch and Clock Repairing - P. Buford Harris
1972 (Reprint from the Professional / Technical Series)
Nelson-Hall Publishers, Chicago
250 pages - English
Famous American handbook consisting of 64 very practical, step-by-step lessons.
5. Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting - "By a Swiss Expert" (Emile Borer) & T. R. Robinson
ca. 1933 / early edition - N.A.G. Press, Limited, London (Distributed by Henry Paulson & Company, Chicago)
118 pages - English
6. God Bless the Microscope! (A History of the Royal Microscopical Society over 150 Years) - Gerard L'Estrange Turner (DSc, FSA)
1989 (1st edition) - Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford
116 pages – English
Issued on the occasion of the society's 150th anniversary. Featuring the official RMS seal on the title page.
7. Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der römischen Kaiserzeit - Ernst Künzl
1983 (2nd unchanged edition) - Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne (Series: Kunst und Altertum am Rhein, No. 115)
141 pages - German
Important archaeological standard work on Roman medical instruments, including extensive photographic material of archaeological finds.
8. Instrumentum Medici. Der Arzt und sein Gerät im Spiegelbild der Zeiten - Geerto Snyder (Snijder)
December 1972 - C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Ingelheim am Rhein
199 pages - German
Richly illustrated medical-historical luxury edition, at the time distributed as an exclusive Christmas edition/relationship gift for physicians.
Condition - All books in good condition with a little light wear, complete with no loose pages. Mostly linen-bound - 1 hardcover and 1 softcover. No dust jackets
1. The Optician Master – The Practical Optician's Handbook - G. H. Retina
1930 (Second, revised and improved edition) - Deutsche Verlagswerke Strauß, Vetter & Co., Berlin
pages: approx. 250-300 pages - German
Includes 203 illustrations and 6 tables. Also intended as a guide for the master examination (Meisterprüfung).
2. Practical Watch Repairing - Donald de Carle
1946 (1st edition) - N.A.G. Press Ltd., London
299 pages - English
Illustrated with 553 detailed black-and-white illustrations.
3. The Accurate Regulation of Fine Clocks (Popular Manual for This Work)
C. (Casper) ten Boom (Father of Corrie ten Boom)
ca. 1900 (1st edition) - Fa. B. Cuperus Az., De Bilt
ca. 24 pages - Dutch
Very rare historical horologist's manual from the well-known Haarlem clockmaker.
4. Modern Watch and Clock Repairing - P. Buford Harris
1972 (Reprint from the Professional / Technical Series)
Nelson-Hall Publishers, Chicago
250 pages - English
Famous American handbook consisting of 64 very practical, step-by-step lessons.
5. Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting - "By a Swiss Expert" (Emile Borer) & T. R. Robinson
ca. 1933 / early edition - N.A.G. Press, Limited, London (Distributed by Henry Paulson & Company, Chicago)
118 pages - English
6. God Bless the Microscope! (A History of the Royal Microscopical Society over 150 Years) - Gerard L'Estrange Turner (DSc, FSA)
1989 (1st edition) - Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford
116 pages – English
Issued on the occasion of the society's 150th anniversary. Featuring the official RMS seal on the title page.
7. Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der römischen Kaiserzeit - Ernst Künzl
1983 (2nd unchanged edition) - Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne (Series: Kunst und Altertum am Rhein, No. 115)
141 pages - German
Important archaeological standard work on Roman medical instruments, including extensive photographic material of archaeological finds.
8. Instrumentum Medici. Der Arzt und sein Gerät im Spiegelbild der Zeiten - Geerto Snyder (Snijder)
December 1972 - C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Ingelheim am Rhein
199 pages - German
Richly illustrated medical-historical luxury edition, at the time distributed as an exclusive Christmas edition/relationship gift for physicians.
Condition - All books in good condition with a little light wear, complete with no loose pages. Mostly linen-bound - 1 hardcover and 1 softcover. No dust jackets
Details
Number of books
8
Subject
Science, Watches
Book title
Verzameling Historische Vakboeken & Wetenschappelijke Geschiedenis – Horlogerie, Optica, Microscopie
Condition
Mixed / Multiple
Publication year oldest item
1900
Edition
Multiple Books / Editions
Language
Dutch, English, German
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Mix / Multiple
Number of pages
0
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