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Vazba: | Vázaná | ||
Počet stran: | 224 | ||
Rozměry v mm: | 185 x 250 | ||
Počet obrázků: | 250 | ||
Rok vydání: | 1981 |
The artistry of Ettore Bugatti is legendary one has only to conjure-up those timeless, well-known classics the types 35,41 (Royale), 49,51 and 57 are but only a minute selection. Without question the Bugatti is France's most memorable car, and there are many books to commemorate this fascinating marque. BUGATTI BY BORGESON is not a repeat performance, the same wine but in a fresh green bottle. This tremendous effort will be hailed as that new found vintage, hidden and hitherto unfound in the cellars of traditionalism. A vintage wine of superb breeding and considered palate. Griffith Borgeson, gilt-edge historian, cultured wordsmith, lover of Bugatti, has uncovered a mire of misinformation, `assumed' fact and doubtful connection. With grateful respect he has managed to justify many new aspects of Bugattiana — in fact, he has sorted out myth from fact and has attempted to rewrite some of the history books. Never once has he gone too far, nor ever used unsubstantiated prejudice. Within these covers is a fresh and enlightened, if opinionated, Bugatti story for every Bugatti enthusiast to enjoy. It's packed with new information and virgin anecdote to once again emphasise that the cars from Molsheim are still to be numbered amongst the world's finest, efficient and beautiful.
The Bugatti script used on the jacket front comes from the radiator badge of the 'black car'; Nigel Arnold- Forster's 1912 chain-drive `Type 16' Bugatti, the car Ettore is believed to have built for himself 'for fun'. 'It's a wonderful road car, cruising the motorways at 90mph' quotes Arnold-Forster, 'But the brakes ..