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Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World
Brian Loomes
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Description for Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World
Hardcover. Contains information on about 90,000 watchmakers working between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This directory is useful for watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians and libraries. Working dates include, where known, dates and places of birth, apprenticeship, freedom, marriage and death. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; TDPB1; WCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1112.
First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clock makers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians, and libraries the world over. The list of makers has more than doubled, having been thoroughly updated and revised by Brian Loomes in this twenty-first century edition, and now contains information on about 90,000 makers working between the late 16th and early 20th centuries. As well as the makers and retailers of clocks and watches, ... Read more
First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clock makers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians, and libraries the world over. The list of makers has more than doubled, having been thoroughly updated and revised by Brian Loomes in this twenty-first century edition, and now contains information on about 90,000 makers working between the late 16th and early 20th centuries. As well as the makers and retailers of clocks and watches, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
888
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719803307
SKU
V9780719803307
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99-50
About Brian Loomes
Brian Loomes is Britain's best known and most widely published author in the field of antique clocks. He has written scores of articles and numerous books on the subject including several which have become standard texts and are used by collectors, dealers and museums throughout the modern world. Since 1966, he has lived in the Yorkshire Dales where he runs ... Read more
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