Paris, Hotchkiss & Cie, 1889. Large Folio (51 x 68 cm). In the original boards with cloth back trip. Boards soiled and small white paper label pasted on to top of front board. Red paper label pasted on to verso of front boad and stamp to verso of first plate. 10 large double page coloured plates and 1 single page plate. All plates fine and clean.
First appearance of these fine plates depicting various arms system offered for sale by "Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie".
Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and, in the 20th century, automobile manufacturer first established by United States gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. He moved to France and set up a factory, first at Viviez near Rodez in 1867, then at Saint-Denis near Paris in 1875 manufacturing arms used by the French in the Franco-Prussian war.
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