author
Alamanno De Maria
An early 20th-century Italian technical writer, he helped explain the new world of motoring to everyday readers. His best-known work turns the automobile into something practical and understandable, breaking down how a car is built and how it works.
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La Vettura Automobile: sue parti - suo funzionamento
by Alamanno De Maria
About the author
Very little biographical information about Alamanno De Maria is easy to confirm from reliable online sources, but his surviving work shows him writing at a moment when the automobile was still a fresh and fast-changing technology.
He is known for La vettura automobile: sue parti - suo funzionamento, published in Turin by Lattes in 1907. The book presents itself as a clear guide to the automobile's parts and operation, suggesting a writer interested in practical explanation rather than specialist jargon.
Today, De Maria is remembered mainly through that volume and its later circulation in digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg. Even with only a small documentary trail, his work offers a vivid glimpse of the excitement and curiosity surrounding the early age of the motorcar.