A very rare 1907 Coppa Florio official race guide, a complete copy entitled 'Automobile Club di Milano Guida-Programma del Circuito di Brescia 1-2 Sep
£1,200 - £1,800
A very rare 1907 Coppa Florio official race guide, a complete copy entitled 'Automobile Club di Milano Guida-Programma del Circuito di Brescia 1-2 Septtembre 1907', the red cloth hard-backed covers holding 140-pages plus substantial advertisement section, all in Italian text with three editorial sections including many photographs: the new Brescia-Castiglione-Lonato 38-mile course, the race and different prizes to be won, the competitors, featuring local topography and tourist information, the history of the Milan club founded in 1903, rules and regulations for the Coppa Florio, Coppa del Re, Coppa d'Italia, Coppa Salemi, Coppa della Velocita, Coppa dell'Automobile Club di Milano, descriptions of the cars representing the Italian, French and German national automobile clubs, including Aries, Bayard-Clement, Benz, Bianchi, Diatto, Isotta Fraschini, Itala, Lorraine de Dietrich, Rochet Schneider and Wolsit, with complete details of all entrants on two triple-section gatefolds, still with four separate folded 8-lap/classification charts (one with pencil annotation), two separate folded colour maps of the circuit and locality and its original Pirelli-sponsored yellow silk page finder, page size 24 by 15cm., 10 by 6in. Ferdinando Minoia won the main Coppa Florio prize for Italy, his Isotta Fraschini completing the 302-mile course at an average speed of almost 65mph.