Albert Robida - Imagining 2000 from the Year 1882
Albert Robida born in France, (14 May 1848 – 11 October 1926) was an illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. Which are still available now, but most are in French.
I did find several of his books, translated to English. They can be read online at Book Read Free - Albert Robida Each book has a summary and then page by page of the book below. Digital download isn't available for the book as a whole. I may turn up something like that yet.
Albert Robida: A Visionary Illustrator Shaping the Dawn of Modernity
This lithograph from 1882 depicts the fanciful world of 2000; flying buses, towering restaurants, and of course, 1880's French attire. Albert Robida is less well-known than Jules Verne but contributed just as much to the collective imagination through his amazing illustrations.
Quoted from Paleofuture - Going to the Opera in the Year 2000 (1882)
Albert Robida - Encyclopedia Britannica
Science fiction (in French) from Albert Robida.
You can read it online, or just look at the drawings if you can't read French. I did find a translation on Amazon.
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