Le DIRIGEABLE CAGE-A-Mouches Numero Un, O’Galop, Marius Rossilon, 1908, Rare

O’Galop (Pseud. Marius Rossillon).
Le Dirigeable Cage-A-Mouches Numero Un.
Paris: Garnier Freres, 1908. First Edition. Folio.
Very Good Minus / No Jacket.
Pictorial boards with red cloth spine, wear to spine ends, top of spine re-glued, edge and corner wear, pages age-toned, binding slightly shaken, remnant of sticker to front endpaper. A flight fantasy about two cousins who invent a dirigible with a cage, balloons, hobbyhorse, and a propeller. They fly about town and even give the moon a few whacks. Amusing text (in French) and color artwork by O’Galop, pseudonym of Marius Rossillon who is best known as the creator of the Michelin Man. The first edition is rare.