Document Details Thomas Tompion - 300 Years - A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Tompion:
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- Title: Thomas Tompion - 300 Years - A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Tompion
SubTitle: [This edition limited to seven hundred and fifty copies] - Author: Jeremy Evens, Jonathan Carter, Ben Wright
- Publisher: Water Lane Publishing, Stroud, Glouchestershire GL
Keywords: biography highgrade UK-London clock watch antique
Other Keywords: Tompion
ISBN: 978-0-9927561-0-9
Language: ENG
Notes: A massive, scholarly, richly illustrated biography and description of the oeuvre of the London based clock and watch maker Thomas Tompion (1639-1713), arguably the most important clockmaker of the golden era of British clockmaking. With a foreword by David Thompson. Includes a 180 page section describing 121 individual instruments ( 52 spring driven clocks, 38 long-case clocks, 12 misc. clocks & instruments and 19 watches ) in a 281 page 'catalog'; plus a 61 page 'concise checklist' of instruments [revised and corrected list from Evans 2006, a 46 item Bibliography and a substantial index of 11 pages.
Edition: 2013, 1st edition -- Copyright: 2013
Kind: Book
Type: Timekeeper (general)
Geographic area: United Kingdom
Topic: History
Organization: Maker
Pages: 664 -- Height in cm: 30
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: fortunat
BHM No: 18793 - Publisher: Water Lane Publishing, Stroud, Glouchestershire GL
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