L'AUTOMOBILE, COME FUNZIONA E COME E COSTRUITO

(AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS) MARCHESI, Enrico. L'AUTOMOBILE, COME FUNZIONA E COME COSTRUITO. Torino: Liberia Scientifico-Industraile S Lattes & C., 1920. Folio. Cloth spine, boards. (ii), 112, (4) pages, 1 chromolithographic multi-folding plate Fourth edition. Rare publication. OCLC lists editions for 1902, 1906, 1912, and 1924; each w a few copies extant (usually only two or four) with only three copies of any edition in the U.S. However there are no copies of the 1920 edition we have. detailed study of the mechanics of the automobile engine with numerous detail drawings, diagrams and photographs of its operating parts. with one colorful stiff cardboard plate a silhouette of the automobile with eight detailed overlays displaying all parts of the automobile from the engine and chassi to the frame. Text is shaken with some leaves detached, but complete. (Inventory #: 40143)