Cycling / Bike touring / Guides - Lot 61

Cycling / Bike touring / Guides Set of 3 "Guides du cycliste en France" - Guides Bertot, 1896: - "De Paris au Nord de la France", beige percaline cover, original edition, Ch. Mendel Ed. - De Paris à Toulouse et aux Pyrenées", brown percaline cover (wear), first edition, G. Boudet Ch. Mendel Ed. (small annotations) - De Paris à St-Malo, Cherbourg et Le Havre", first edition, Ch. Mendel Ed., red paper cover: 150 pages and 28 itineraries, city plans and general maps. These 3 copies of the famous "Guides Bertot" will virtually complete a tour of France. Jean Bertot (1856-1934), from Normandy, did a great deal by bicycle to introduce the French to France, and probably inspired the creators of the Tour de France.