I have here for sale a book entitled GUIDES MICHELIN REGIONAUX CHATEAUX DE LA LOIRE. This is the Michelin Guide to the Chateaux of the Loire Valley published in 1931 by Michelin et Cie, Clermont Ferrand, France. It is written in French throughout and gives the usual advice on using Michelin tyres, all the information on travelling by car with 35 itineraries, 90 illustrations, a Carte de Curiosites, 38 b/w plans and 6 colour maps.
In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars and, accordingly, car tyres, car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the Michelin Guide. Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition of the guide were distributed. It provided information to motorists, such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France. In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium similar to the Michelin Guide. Michelin subsequently introduced guides for Algeria and Tunisia (1907); the Alps and the Rhine (northern Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Netherlands) (1908); Germany, Spain, and Portugal (1910); the British Isles (1911); and "The Countries of the Sun" (Les Pays du Soleil) (Northern Africa, Southern Italy and Corsica) (1911). In 1909, an English-language version of the guide to France was published and so the series grew. Following the usage of the Murray's and Baedeker guides, the guide began to award stars for fine dining establishments in 1926 which is what it is best known for today.
Please have a look at my other Michelin Guides on sale on Ebay either now or in the next week or so.
Guide Michelin 1900 reimpression |
Guide Michelin Belgique 1926 |
Guide Michelin Belgique 1929 |
Guide Michelin France 1912 1924 1950 |
Guide Michelin Suisse 1908 |
Guide Michelin Suisse 1914 |
Guide Michelin Suisse Haute Italie 1926 |
Guides Michelin Bataille de la Marne I L'Ourcq II Les Marais 1917 Vosges I II 1920 |
Michelin Guide British Isles 1912 |
Michelin Guide Holland Belgium 1912 |
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