Cycling / Cycletouring / Paris / De Baroncelli - Lot 24

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Cycling / Cycletouring / Paris / De Baroncelli - Lot 24
Cycling / Cycletouring / Paris / De Baroncelli Set of 3 practical and technical guides by pioneer cyclist Adrien de Baroncelli (1852-1926): - "La vélocipédie pratique", 1889 (4th edition), paperback, 84 pages. Full details on clothing, accessories, etc. Enhanced with beautiful period advertisements - Guide des Environs détaillés de Paris, dans un rayon de 140 km", 1891, hardback. Also includes directions to Paris, London, Brussels and Geneva. - Guide des Environs de Paris à l'usage des cyclistes et automobilistes (rayon de 140 km), circa 1910 (20th edition), 432 pages Paperback (used condition) Baroncelli explored the Alps on his velocipede from the age of 19, and went on to become one of the great guides "de la liberté à l'usage des cyclistes et des automobilistes", perhaps the 1st of this irreplaceable cordée. Fans know that his first machine was called "Frou-Frou", but do they know that Coubertin christened his "Nini-Patte-en-l'Air"?
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