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Bugatti Type 35 Bugatti Type 35 Bugatti Type 35 race car Years of production: from 1924 to 1930. Number built: 340. More than 1 000 races won. The first car to use cast alloy (aluminium) wheels. Sources The legendary Bugatti Type 35 – the World's most successful racing car newsroom.bugatti.com/press-releases/bugatti-type-35-the-world-s-most-successful-racing-car Ettore Bugatti made alloy wheels a thing hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/ettore-bugatti-made-alloy-wheels-a-thing/ Bugatti Type 35 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Type_35...
Bugatti Type 41 Royale Bugatti Type 41 Royale Bugatti Type 41 Royale ultra-luxury car Years of production: from 1927 to 1933. Number built: Planned to have build 25, but ended up in just 7 (6 production cars + the prototype, though destroyed in an accident in 1931). Plus 1 copy out of original Bugatti parts (the brothers Schlumpf copy). Plus several replicas. Only 3 of the 7 made were sold. List of 6 production Bugatti Type 41 Royales 41.100 - Bugatti Royale Coupé Napoléon - Coupé du Patron 41.111 - Bugatti Royale Roadster Esders, later Coupé de Ville Binder 41.121 - Bugatti Royale Cabriolet Weinberger 41.131 - Bugatti Royale Limousine Park-Ward 41.141 - Bugatti Royale Coach Kellner 41.150 - Bugatti Royale...
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry «Delights and labours of the months» The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is an illuminated manuscript commissioned by John, Duke of Berry in the first quarter of the 15th century. It was worked on with intervals long after the death of the initial client by several masters during the 15th century. The major part of the miniatures is done by the Limbourg brothers - Herman, Paul, and Johan. Who else participated in the miniatures creation after them was not clear for quite some time. Then certain details discovered let the researchers to assert that the name of the other master is Jean Colombe, who possibly continued the work after the Limbourgs in the end o...