Frankreich : Nationale Gesellschaft der Französischen Eisenbahn - France, SNCF ; tourist guide in German, 1957 : In den zug und reiseomnibussen der Französischen Eisenbahnen
A wonderfully produced guide to SNCF services, in German, and issued in 1957. It was produced for the French Railways by Editions Perceval and contains numerous colour and line illustrations by several artists and designers including G Barret, Brihat, Doisneau-Rapho, Fénino, Mazda, René Jacques, Schall and Yan-Rapho. They are wonderfully colourful and very contemporary in style, echoing much of SNCF's publicity and posters of this time. They cover tourist destinations by train and caoch services, SNCF's services and even a mention of French industry & freight services.
The centre page spread has the two marvellous G Barret illustrations of a train compartment and a toring motor coach flanking a map of the system and associated motor coach tours. The title reads "In the train and coaches of the French Railways you have all the comforts of travel and all relaxation and enjoyment."
Frankreich : Nationale Gesellschaft der Französischen Eisenbahn - France, SNCF ; tourist guide in German, 1957 : In den zug und reiseomnibussen der Französischen Eisenbahnen
A wonderfully produced guide to SNCF services, in German, and issued in 1957. It was produced for the French Railways by Editions Perceval and contains numerous colour and line illustrations by several artists and designers including G Barret, Brihat, Doisneau-Rapho, Fénino, Mazda, René Jacques, Schall and Yan-Rapho. They are wonderfully colourful and very contemporary in style, echoing much of SNCF's publicity and posters of this time. They cover tourist destinations by train and caoch services, SNCF's services and even a mention of French industry & freight services.
The centre page spread has the two marvellous G Barret illustrations of a train compartment and a toring motor coach flanking a map of the system and associated motor coach tours. The title reads "In the train and coaches of the French Railways you have all the comforts of travel and all relaxation and enjoyment."