Les Merveilles De L'horlogerie Portal, Camille; De Graffingy, H. Collecting

Octavo, 296 pages with 16 page Publisher's catalog in rear. In Good plus condition. Rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Original paper wraps present inside. Boards have sunning to spine, bumping to spine edges, light bumping and rubbing to corners, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light age toning, mild foxing to pages, bookplates of Silvio Bedini on front pastedown, bookstore sticker on front endpaper, writing in pen and pencil on front endpaper, chipping to edges of original wraps, and significant wear to original wraps. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378691. Special Collections.