The Golden Age of Automata – BOOK

Automata The Golden Age 1848-1914 – Christian Bailly.

Hardback, 2nd edition, 360 pages, 245X315mm. English text, published by Robert Hale. Out of print and hard to find, this book is in NEW condition and is still enclosed in the original shrink wrap.

Essential reference work. More than 150 automata are described and photographed in colour, history of the makers, details of the mechanisms and restoration, with additional facsimile copies of the original makers catalogues.

Video Flick through of a 1987 edition here

Price: £225 inc free UK post.

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MANY OTHER books on automata available include:

LUXURY EDITION – AUTOMATA, THE GOLDEN AGE – One of twenty-five numbered and signed English copies, bound in full leather embellished with a miniature hand-painted by Madame Andree Kiefer, and an original pen and ink with watercolor drawing. Details on request. Price £2,250

MUSEUM OF AUTOMATA YORK CATALOGUE – Paperback, A4, 80 pages, Andrea Robertson, scarce. Excellent illustrated history and pictorial tour of this important collection which closed to the public in 1996. Price £60

LE MONDE DES AUTOMATES –  1928, Chapuis & Gelis, 2 vols, 1984 various editions (including the 1984 reprint)  Price: Enquire.

LES AUTOMATES, HISTOIRE ET TECHNIQUE – 1949, Alfred Chapuis, 1st edition, 426pp.  Price: Enquire.

AUTOMATA AT BAGATELLE – 1993, C.Bailly, Paperback. Very good condition,  Major Exhibition Catalogue, 144 pages, 8.5 x 9.5 in size. Colour photographs of automata on every page and English text.  Price £40