Encyclopédie Automobile: La Belle Epoque et Les Pionniers de L’Automoile
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
SATIRICAL LITHOGRAPHS OF EARLY FRENCH CARS
Encyclopédie Automobile: La Belle Epoque et Les Pionniers de L'Automoile. Illustrated with 16 original color lithographs by Guy Sabran. Oblong Folio. Original pictorial olive green folding cover; title in a frame representing the entrance to the Parisian metro station. Guimard, Champrosay, Editeur, Paris, 1956. First Edition.
Loose illustrations, as issued, inserted in folding cover.
A wonderful series of color lithographs satirizing early French car culture. Illustrations are: Coupé de Ville Renault 1905; Zèbre 1904; Double Phaéton Morse 1903; Double Phaéton Delaunay-Belleville 1911; Landaulet d'Amédée Bollée 1878; Phaéton Panhard Levassor 1891; Léger George Richard 1893; Peugeot Grand Luxe 1895; Delahaye 1897; Le Petit Phaéton Renault 1898; Cabriolet Chenard et Walker 1904; Le Phaéton Bardon 1899; LA "Jamais Contente" de Jenatzy 1899; Phaéton Grand Sport Panhard 1899; - La Limousine de Ville de Léon Bollée 1899; Taxi Renault 1905.
Covers slightly soiled; spine and corners worn; some slight warping to a few lithographs; some with tape at corners, having been crudely hung, not in any way damaging the images; o/w bright and clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Robert Minkoff, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7450
- Title
- Encyclopédie Automobile
- Illustrator
- Guy Sabran
- Format/Binding
- Loose illustrations, as issued, inserted in folding cover.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Guimard, Champrosay, Editeur,
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- Oblong Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Math & Science; Fall Sale;
Terms of Sale
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.,
26 Rowe Rd., Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
Authorized representative: George Robert Minkoff.
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