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Cycling/Jarry/Miran/Cyclo/Paris. Two rare and curious titles. a) With this "Cyclo-guide Miran illustré des environs de Paris (Ouest)" published in 1896 by Didot, we have "the guide of guides". It is certainly practical like its counterparts Bertot or de Baroncelli, but it goes a step further in the advices and descriptions, it is intended for walkers and not for travelers.... Through 18 itineraries off the beaten track (from 36 to 104km), illustrated by 180 photos, sometimes with cyclists, it makes us discover 160 localities. This is what will seduce an unusual cyclist of the time, Alfred Jarry himself. The writer will even write two handwritten pages to complete the volume. Here, we propose the volume (already very rare, 184p, 21x14, binding, price City of Paris), and the modern edition of 1987 in booklet of these two flamboyant pages, unknown and unhoped-for for the cycling literature; b) modern booklet of the manuscript of two pages of Jarry: "cyclo-guide Miran, illustrated, decorated with an unpublished portrait of the author by Couturier" (Edition of the Fourneau, stroke of the pedal 152 (20p, 20x5x13,5) Where we discover that velocipedy was neither a varnish, nor a posture at Alfred. We knew it, the confirmation is brilliant. He pedals, knows Rueil and the suburbs, takes risks on the cobblestones, speaks about the illustrations of the volume, and about the two organizations which guide the first adventurers of the pedal, like him... And it is funny to see Alfred evoking the UVF and the TCF.... He was a fan. And this double testimony of his love of the bicycle and of a nice volume that he used to work on, gives us the impression to be close to him. A jubilant and unknown set, where we go from the Chalet du cycle and from Bagatelle to Médan. Attention, we learn that in Zola, a street Nana was drawn with coal on the walls of the Church. Pieces for Museum or Bibliophile. The final practical advice is still relevant.

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Cycling/Jarry/Miran/Cyclo/Paris. Two rare and curious titles. a) With this "Cyclo-guide Miran illustré des environs de Paris (Ouest)" published in 1896 by Didot, we have "the guide of guides". It is certainly practical like its counterparts Bertot or de Baroncelli, but it goes a step further in the advices and descriptions, it is intended for walkers and not for travelers.... Through 18 itineraries off the beaten track (from 36 to 104km), illustrated by 180 photos, sometimes with cyclists, it makes us discover 160 localities. This is what will seduce an unusual cyclist of the time, Alfred Jarry himself. The writer will even write two handwritten pages to complete the volume. Here, we propose the volume (already very rare, 184p, 21x14, binding, price City of Paris), and the modern edition of 1987 in booklet of these two flamboyant pages, unknown and unhoped-for for the cycling literature; b) modern booklet of the manuscript of two pages of Jarry: "cyclo-guide Miran, illustrated, decorated with an unpublished portrait of the author by Couturier" (Edition of the Fourneau, stroke of the pedal 152 (20p, 20x5x13,5) Where we discover that velocipedy was neither a varnish, nor a posture at Alfred. We knew it, the confirmation is brilliant. He pedals, knows Rueil and the suburbs, takes risks on the cobblestones, speaks about the illustrations of the volume, and about the two organizations which guide the first adventurers of the pedal, like him... And it is funny to see Alfred evoking the UVF and the TCF.... He was a fan. And this double testimony of his love of the bicycle and of a nice volume that he used to work on, gives us the impression to be close to him. A jubilant and unknown set, where we go from the Chalet du cycle and from Bagatelle to Médan. Attention, we learn that in Zola, a street Nana was drawn with coal on the walls of the Church. Pieces for Museum or Bibliophile. The final practical advice is still relevant.

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