Cycling/ Michelin/ Auto/ Prehistory/ Rubber/ Torrilhon/ Gutt - Lot 76

Cycling/ Michelin/ Auto/ Prehistory/ Rubber/ Torrilhon/ Gutta-Percha. Exceptional set (13 documents) on the mythical company from Clermont-Ferrand and its competitors: a) Brochure "Conseils de Michelin aux Cyclistes", with Bibendum, the apology of the wick-ribbon (30p, 21x13,5, circa 1910 (?)); b) set of nine original documents (mimeographed letters or flyers, illustrated or not) from 1892 to 1896, from a 4-page typed letter on horse-drawn carriages (Oct 96) to the De Dion tricycle (during the 1896 vacation, Paris-Meulan, ACF, verso voitures Léon Bollée), wholesale rates (4 p 1896), the Grossot sextuplet, the Paris-Bordeaux-PAris recto-verso and the 63 pneumatic fiacres in Paris, Louis XIV-roi de France and Michelin roi de la route with Terront in Paris-Brest 1891. Last but not least, "How to fit wooden rims" (front and back), and "What tire size should I use? And the very rare "voiture automobile munie de nos pneumatiques qui vient de faire un tour de France de plus de 4000km, qui va être exposée au Salon du cycle (illustration auto); c) two 6 p Torrilhon catalogs, Wholesale prices for 1898 and 99; d) Manufacture de Caoutchouc, Gutta-Percha, highly illustrated, 4 p, Dec 1896.