Fecit | Dictionary Of French Measuring Instrument Manufacturers

Paris, Librairie Alain Brieux, 2021, in-4, 208 pp., paperback, cover illustrated in publisher's colors. Second revised, corrected and expanded edition of this work which lists more than 2,500 manufacturers of measuring instruments (astronomy, optics, surveying, geodesy, marine, meteorology, mathematics, physics, watchmaking, measurement and weight, etc.) Work intended for collectors, curators, auctioneers and informed amateurs wishing to know biographical information on the manufacturers: dates, addresses, specialties, brands or signs, sales and places of conservation of the instruments. The richness of this work lies in the bibliographic sources it offers: directories, French and foreign public sales catalogs, catalogs of collections and exhibitions, catalogs of booksellers and gallery owners, a certain number of which have not yet been digitized at this time. day. Also, this dictionary includes a directory of nearly 300 manufacturers' brands from the 15th century to the mid-20th century. ISBN 978-2-493338-00-6