Rare Porsche Factory Art Book

I’m a sucker for vintage automobilia.  I love looking for it, perusing swap meets, flea markets, and antique shops for some little piece of automotive history that survived the ages.

Not long ago, I stumbled upon quite the find in a used bookshop in Milan.  It’s a 15” X 19” (38cm X 48cm) binder with a beautiful enamel Porsche emblem and leather strap forming a clasp.  Inside the binder are 18 large-format lithograph color drawings of various automobiles in which Dr. Ferdinand Porsche was involved.

Printed in Germany in September 1963, it appears to be a factory art book, perhaps given out a select group of clients.  The first page lists each of the 18 models along with a brief description of Porsche’s involvement in each.  The 18 listed are:

•    The Lohner-Porsche Chaise of 1900

•    The First Race Car with 60 Horspower

•    The 1905/6 Touring Car with Combination Drive

•    Austro-Daimler “Prince Henry”

•    The Town Coupe of 1914

•    The 4.4 Litre Austro Daimler of 1921

•    The 1100 cc “Sasha” Race Car

•    Daimler Race Car for the 1924 Targa Florio

•    The Mercedes SSK 7.1 Litre Engine

•    The 5.3 Litre Steyr “Austria”

•    The Auto-Union Race Car of 1934/37

•    The first VW of 1938/39

•    The Cisitalia Grand Prix Car – 1500cc Four-wheel Drive

•    The first 1100 cc Porsche of 1948

•    Porsche Spyder with Four Overhead Camshafts

•    The Eight-cylinder Porsche for Formula 1

•    The 356 C Porsche with Disc Brakes

•    Type 901 Porsche 

Can you help identify what the history of this book may be?

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