Olympic Games/ Original Retrospectives/ Serment/... Lot 211

Olympic Games/ Original Retrospectives/ Serment/ Belgian Retrospectives Two volumes that tell us about the Games from a sometimes Belgian angle: a) "Enflammé par l'Olympisme", 100 ans de Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge, 1906-2006" by Charles Renson, the pope of Olympism in Outre-Quiévrain. With in-depth texts enhanced by beautiful iconography, featuring Victor Boin, Van Innis, Reiff, Roelants, Van Looy and fencer Delporte. A special mention for the painting by Médard Tytgat (1871-1948) entitled "Salut d'honneur au sport", which is the scene of the first oath of 1920, with Suzanne Lenglen in the front row, 200 pages, 32 x 29.5 cm ; b) "Olympiades, retro journal des Jeux Olympiques de l'Antiquité à 1988..." with report on Seoul. Dense, lively retrospective, by CGER, in French, 1988. 41.5 x 29.5 cm.