From the Golden Age of Automata: The Private Collection of Christian Bailly [toys/jouets/Vichy/ Roullet & Decamp/Phalibois/Lambert/French/Victorian]

Florence Theriault

Published by Gold Horse Publishing, 2004

About this Item

9.5" x 11.5", 192 pp. Beautiful oversized hardcover with great photos of antique automata. Fine condition book in a Near Fine dust jacket which has some very light surface rubbing and a few imperfections at the extreme edges. A handsome copy with original CD-ROM laid in. See photo enlarged. "The Bailly Collection features 138 automata ranging from the rarest only-one-known-to-exist in the world such as Little Boy with Tart and Goose, to the most exotic such as The Snake Charmer, to the spell-binding movements of The Clown Acrobat with Two Chairs, to the insouciant charm of Pierrot Serenading the Moon, and to the endearing sweetness of Little Girl with Toy Theatre and Dog. All are presented in this 192-page, hardbound book featuring color photographs and full descriptions of each example." - publisher. Seller Inventory # 01486x

Bibliographic Details

Title: From the Golden Age of Automata: The Private...

Publisher: Gold Horse Publishing

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine