A Case of Curiosities

A Case of Curiosities

Paperback (01 Mar 1992)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The curiosities sealed in a battered old case discovered at a Paris auction trace the bawdy, bizarre and suspenseful life of Claude Page, an 18th-century watchmaker whose manual dexterity destines him to become one of pre-industrial France's most gifted inventors.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241132357
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 358
Weight: 448g
Height: 214mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 28mm