Number 564
- Olympic Games 1896. Programme: Spyridis - Le panorama illustré des Jeux Olympiques. Avec le programme des Jeux Olympiques de 1896. 78 pages, 16.5x25 cm, paperback, with numerous wood engravings, Thorin/Wilberg, Paris/Athens 1895. --A very rare historical treatise on the ancient Olympic Games. Created in preparation for the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, this edition presented the program for the 1896 Athens Games to a wider public for the first time. The cover has a missing part, which has been backed. The spine is reinforced with linen strips. Some page tears in the interior have been expertly repaired. Condition: C
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- Olympic Games 1896. Programme: Spyridis - Le panorama illustré des Jeux Olympiques. Avec le programme des Jeux Olympiques de 1896. 78 pages, 16.5x25 cm, paperback, with numerous wood engravings, Thorin/Wilberg, Paris/Athens 1895. --A very rare historical treatise on the ancient Olympic Games. Created in preparation for the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, this edition presented the program for the 1896 Athens Games to a wider public for the first time. The cover has a missing part, which has been backed. The spine is reinforced with linen strips. Some page tears in the interior have been expertly repaired. Condition: C