THE VELOCIPEDE; ITS HISTORY, VRIETIES, AND PRACTICE | |||||||
GODDARD, J.T. EAN / Ref: 9788490018125 HURD AND HOUGHTON Año de edición: 1869 Editado en: LUGAR ED: NEW YORK Encuadernacion: RUSTICA CON SOLAPAS 15x10,5 Cm.; 107 P. Idioma: Inglés Materias: Deportes, Inglés, Automóviles y motocicletas, FACSIMILES FACSIMILE EDITION. The velocipede was cultivated most assiduously for some little time by the sporting gentry of England ; but Lord George Bentick and other persons of fashion finally pronounced so decidedly against it, that it descended to the vulgar level of a plaything for young people and ceased to be regarded in any other light than that of a toy or hobby. |