The Monaco Collection, 1904 10 Historic prints from the First International Motorboat Racing Competition

A Centenary Presentation to celebrate the birth of organised motorboat races in 1904. Patronage by Prince Albert 1 of Monaco and the Automobile Club de France. The setting is Monaco and the Bay of Hercules.Longer races for cruisers along the Riviera to Antibes and back.The event encouraged development of the Automobile Boat. A name given to high speed launches at that time.

Major motor car manufacturers used the event to advertise and thoroughly test their engines for that years road races.These were, for France, Brasier, Panhard & Levassor, Mors, Serpollet, Dc Dietrich, Peugeot, Ader, Darraq & Delahaye.For Italy, Fiat, Mercedes for Germany, Germain for Belgium and Napier for Britain.Each print is an invaluable historic reference in the sense of boat design, handling and the evolution of engine design.Artwork skills, with the latest print technology respect and reveal the original glass plate details on uncoated heavyweight Rives Ivory Cartridge.Each is a numbered set with a format of 35.5x27cm.A numbered certificate of limited edition is included.

Library Folder Case Covered with Fedrigoni Nettuno Rosso paper 42 Page Booklet Produced by Daniel Charles, giving an in-depth background and description of each print. Inner Folder This further protects the print collection