Les automates truques.

BLIND, Adolphe

Published by Genev`e Ed itions Bossard / Ed ition Ch. Eggimann 1927

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Scarce. First edition. Hardback. Issued in printed soft wrappers, which are now bound in to attractive quarter brown calf with mottled boards. Gilt stamped title to spine. Original front cover has mounted b/w illustration of chess-playing automaton. Author, title and illustration within ornamental border. This work describes false automatons; devices that appear to move, think, and act of their own accord or by clockwork, but are instead controlled by some hidden apparatus or device operated by a conjurer or their assistant. Includes sections on Robert-Houdin, and the chess playing The Turk of Wolfgang von Kempelen. Adolphe Blind was often referred to as Professeur Magicus . Text in French. Back cover printed: Grave et imprim� par S.A.D.A.G. Gen�ve. In very good condition. Neat ink name to front blank page. [4], 9-80 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches). . Seller Inventory # 3941

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Title: Les automates truques.

Publisher: Genev`e Ed itions Bossard / Ed ition Ch. Eggimann 1927

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition

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