Strength / Weightlifting / Desbonnet - Lot 127

Strength / Weightlifting / Desbonnet Set of 4 copies of 2 books by Professor Desbonnet, including: - DESBONNET. *Les Rois de la Force* (The Kings of Strength): A History of Strongmen from Ancient Times to the Present. Vol. II, Biographies and Portraits, published by Berger-Levrault, 1911, 484 pages, 733 photographs and illustrations: 2 hardcover copies of the seminal work by the founder of physical culture in France (significant wear, used condition) - DESBONNET, *A Tolling Bell Before the Death Knell*, Paris, Librairie Athlétique, 1913–1914: 2 hardcover copies, with the color cover by Nelson DIAS (1869–1929) intact. Desbonnet issues a warning to members of parliament regarding the physical disabilities of French combatants.