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From newsletter 19:
1. (AVIATION). Trade Catalogue La Locomotion Aérienne. Offert aux membres du Corps Médical par P. Longuet, Pharmacien de 1re Classe. La Livre d'Or de l'Aviation. (Preface by Georges Legagneux). (Paris, Pilules Debouzy, 1911). 22 x 18 cm. Original wrappers printed in blue and gold. 48 p. Printed in dark and light brown. Richly illustrated. First edition. Vertical fold. Backstrip partly worn. Lower cover a bit stained.
€ 100
* Very rare and fascinating
book about aviation, especially between 1900 and 1910, offered as a
trade catalogue for gall and liver medicines to physicians! The main
text has been written by sportsman Marcel Viollette. Legagneux was a
popular aviator.
From newsletter 18:
18. POPULAR MEDICINE Merchant's Gargling Oil Almanac. Dream and Fate Book 1886. Lockport, N.Y., Merchant's Gargling Oil Company, 1885. 18 x 12 cm. Orig. decorated wrappers. Illustrated. Attractive colorful covers with on the rear an illustration of a horse tended by two orientals with gargling oil. A few minor defects. With punched hole for hanging string.
€ 20
* Advertising booklet for a cure-all
medicine. With an almanac for 1886, moon phases, 'unlucky days', jokes
and other amusement.
