Physical Education / Desbonnet / Apollon / Belgium / Marsill - Lot 39

Physical Education / Desbonnet / Apollon / Belgium / Marsillargues Set of 5 documentary items by or about Professor DESBONNET, including: - 16-page promotional booklet, circa 1910: “To Parents: Why Are You Depriving Your Children of Physical Culture, Which Alone Ensures Good Health?” Featuring Dr. Wauquier, Pierre Loti, and Henri Desgrange - Commemorative brochure published by the Belgian Bodybuilding Federation, “Tribute to Professor Desbonnet, In Memoriam, FCB-BCF, Professor Desbonnet, 1865–1953,” 24/250 copies, with 7 original photos pasted in, 34 pages, 21.5x16, 1954 - Invitation to a commemoration of Hermance Desbonnet, “the grandmother of physical culture” (centennial of her birth in Cysoing on July 30, 1825) - Book: DESBONNET, Apollon, *A Demigod of Strength*, 1911, 56 pages, cover and endpapers preserved, in-8, Paris, Librairie Athlétique. A rare book in fine condition celebrating the great figure from Marsillarges, the champion Louis Uni (1862–1928) - Illustrated booklet featuring an excerpt from Marthe Leblanc’s essay: “The Discreet Charm of the Desbonnet Method”