Le Vingtième siècle. La vie electrique. Superb original cloth binding

Robida, Albert (1848-1926). Le vingtième siècle: La vie électrique. [4], 234, [2]pp. 30 plates, some in color; text illustrations. Paris: La Librairie Illustrée, n.d. [1893]. 290 x 200 mm. Publisher's binding of light green cloth with pictorial design stamped in red, black and gilt, all edges gilt, slight soiling and wear; boxed. Occasional foxing but very good to fine. First Edition of Robida's satire on expectations for technology in the 20th century.