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a drawing of a man sitting in a chair in front of a barrela brown and black book sitting on top of a white surfacean old book with french writing on it sitting on top of a tablean old drawing of two candles and a candle holderan old drawing of a table with a bunch of different objects on itdrawing of a bird in a cage with a clock on top of itan old book with a drawing of a water wheel on itdrawing of a machine in a room with a clock on the wall
Maître Paul PASTAUD

58 - GROLLIER de SERVIERE (Gaspard). A Collection of Curious Work…
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GROLLIER de SERVIERE (Gaspard). A Collection of Curious Works on Mathematics and Mechanics, or a Description of Monsieur Grollier de Servière’s Cabinet. Lyon, David Forey, 1733. Quarto, marbled calf, decorated ribbed spine, title page, red edges (pastiche binding). Second edition, expanded to include new machines and illustrated with 94 engraved plates (chapters I–LXXXVIII, including 7 bis; plate LXXVI does not exist). This work is a catalogue of the collection of mechanical curiosities assembled in Lyon by Nicolas, a military engineer, and later by Gaspard Grollier, and compiled by Gaspard II Grollier, grandson of the former and nephew of the latter. The two inventors brought together all manner of curious objects, including clocks, models of machines for raising and channelling water, mills, temporary bridges… as well as a wheelchair and machines for drawing up plans. Ex-libris bearing the seal of Paul Chapuy, mining engineer.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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