Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2623MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 01, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Collection of Ornamental Turning Books,L'Art de Tourner, C. Plumier, 1701, text in French; Holtzapffel's Construction, Action and Application of Cutting Tools, C. Holtzapffel, re-print 1982; Specimens in Eccentric Circular Turning, "By an Amateur," 1817; spiral-bound copy of Patterns for Turning, H.W. Elphinstone, 1993, and The Art of Turning and Lathe and Machine Tool History, compiled by S.G. Abell, J. Leggat, and W.G. Ogden Jr., 1987; and an additional five books and four pamphlets on plain or ornamental turning.
Estimate $250-450