Automata Historical & Technological Survey 1958 Chapuis & Droz A+ reference book

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Reference Books, Automata, Illustrated Books).

Automata: A Historical and Technological Study by Alfred Chapuis & Edmond Droz. Translated by Alec Reid.
Published 1958, Neuchatel, Switzerland by B.T. Batsford.
407 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated throughout, including color plates.

A monumental, well illustrated and detailed look at these types of objects, still useful and among the best references on the subject.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt cover decorations & ruling.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, spine is ever so slightly uniformly sunned (minor gentle normal natural light fading from 65 years?), mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time -nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall clean, tight, attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 11 1/4" H x 8 1/2" W.

[B10030].