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Futuredays : a nineteenth-century vision of the year 2000

by Isaac Asimov, Jean Marc Côte

A collection of French illustrations from the turn of the 20th century, originally designed for cigarette cards, depicting visions of the future. The volume includes critical commentary and thematic analysis of the historical predictions.

Accession 13439 ISBN 0863691609 Publisher Virgin
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