JO. Antiques. Coubertin. Gondinet. Monge. St Clair. Stade Fr - Lot 92

JO. Antiques. Coubertin. Gondinet. Monge. St Clair. Stade Français. Set of 6 essential works in BE: a) Histoire des sports et de l'Olympisme by Fr.F.M.Messerli. Published by the Institut Olympique Pierre de Coubertin. 116 p, 1950, new, with a vibrant and fitting tribute to the renovator; b) "Les Sports dans l'Antiquité" by Roger Depagniat. Fine preface by Desgrange, 14 illustrations by AB Comerre. On the Games of antiquity, the role of athletes and the first disciplines, uncut, 210p, 1911; c) A travers les anneaux Olympiques, by Otto Mayer 1960, 330p. With fine pages on the Baron; d) rare biography of Jules Gondinet, pioneer of stadiums, at the origins of French sport. 48 fundamental pages, 1983 (29.5x21). e) The two editions of the late Alain Arvin-Bérod's important book: "Et Didon créa la devise des Jeux Olympiques"): 1994 version, 78pages, 21x15; 2003 version, 156p, 18x10, very complete. Both beautifully autographed. Where the importance of Rondeau-Boisfleury is underlined in the birth of the famous "Citius, Altius, Fortius".