Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2623MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 01, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Collection of Ornamental Turning Books, a five volume set of Holtzapffel's Turning and Mechanical Manipulation, Charles and John Holtzapffel, 1852-84; Geometric Turning Simplified, W.H. Northcott, 1889; Pedigree of Holtzapffel Lathes, W.G. Ogden Jr., 1987; Nuovi Instromenti per la Descerizione Di Diverse Curve, G. Suardi, 1752, text in Italian; Ornamental Turning Articles in English Mechanics, fifty-two articles from 1938-39; Holtzapffel & Co. Catalogue, 1828; a descriptive catalogue of writings, special, general & periodical forming the literature of the art of turning, S.G. Abell, 1950; and three additional books and pamphlets related to plain and ornamental turning.
Estimate $250-450
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