Collector’s book about automatons : Les automates (The automatons).

Collector’s book about automatons : Les automates (The automatons).

Author of this book about automatons : Jean Prasteau.

Summary of this book about automatons :
This large illustrated book will help you dicover the history of automatons and their very famous and facetious collectors.

So you will learn many stories about the Dukes of Burgund, Henri IV, Catherine II, Marie Antoinette and Robert-Houdin for instance.

Famous private collectors such as Jacques Damio, Maurice Sandoz, Alfred Chapuis and Edouard Gélis will relate about their relationship with their automatons...

This book about automatons is in french - 190 pages - 100 black-and-white and color photos.