Le vaisseau transsaharien /

"The cover image on this curious pamphlet bears a distinctly science fictional element, but the development of this massive machine was very real, as this French language prospectus demonstrates. Conceived by the German inventor Christian Bischoff, this transportation wonder (Der Wüstenschiff =...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Sandberg, S., Bischoff, Christian (Inventor)
Corporate Author:	Imprimeries du Progrès (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	French
Published:	Paris : S. Sandberg, Concessionaire, 30, Rue Louis-le-Grand, [approximately 1927]
Subjects:	Deserts > Transportation > Designs and plans. Off-road vehicles > Design and construction. All terrain vehicles > Design and construction. Prospectuses. plans (orthographic projections) design drawings. Plans.

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Summary:	"The cover image on this curious pamphlet bears a distinctly science fictional element, but the development of this massive machine was very real, as this French language prospectus demonstrates. Conceived by the German inventor Christian Bischoff, this transportation wonder (Der Wüstenschiff = The Desert Ship) was also described in “Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens”, volume 7, Berlin, 1927."--Vendor's description.
Item Description:	Cover title. At end of text: S. Sandberg. Approximate date of publication from vendor's description. Publisher’s original illustrated covers. The large plate showing the plan for such a vessel folds out to 56 x 43 cm; gives scale of 1:200.
Physical Description:	15 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations, plan ; 25 cm