Louis Baudry de Saunier SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER Human Locomotion 1891

  

Signed autograph letter from Louis Baudry de Saunier, addressed to Georges Montorgueil, dated August 1891, written in black ink on a double sheet. "Sir, Your keen mind may be interested in a rather curious volume, at least for the subject it deals with, "The General History of Cycling" which I am sending to you.

I am convinced that you can see in the new sport something more than just a trend, but a new mode of human locomotion. It is in this capacity that, I believe, you will kindly browse through the work. Believe, Sir, in all my gratitude and in my most distinguished feelings. Dimensions: 11.4 x 17.8 cm. Condition: See photos for more details. Number of pages: 1 page.

Charles Louis Baudry, known as Baudry de Saunier, is a journalist, writer, and popularizer of science, specializing in automobiles. He collaborated with the weekly magazine L'Illustration for nearly forty years.

Octave Lebesgue, known as Georges Montorgueil, is a French journalist and writer born on November 5, 1857 in Paris, where he died on April 24, 1933. Autographed letters, old papers, ancient books, photographs, engravings, stamps... We appraise and/or buy your letters, collections of letters, and ancient books throughout France. Careful shipment in a rigid and waterproof packaging within three days. Allow for usual postal delays.

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