Victorian clocks / Richard Good
1996, First Edition. London : British Museum Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #471209
ISBN: 0714105783
Physical description; 207 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 00-202)-and indexes. Contents; Introduction -- 1. English Carriage Clocks -- 2. Marine and Domestic Chronometers -- 3. Clocks of the Cole Type -- 4. English Dial Clocks -- 5. Long-Case Clocks -- 6. Mantel and Table Clocks -- 7. Regulators -- 8. Skeleton Clocks -- 9. Time Signals and Electric Clocks -- 10. Turret Clocks -- App. I The Great Exhibitions -- App. II The Clockmakers' Company and its Masters -- App. III Clockmakers to the Queen -- App. IV Glossary of Clock-Case Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Clockmakers -- General Index. Subjects; Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clocks and watches. Decorative arts, Victorian. Great Britain.
Price: €25.00