A collection catalogue devoted to INGAP – the abbreviation stands for Industria Nazionale Giocattoli Automatici Padova. Tullio Anselmi founded the firm in Padua in 1919; by 1938 it employed 600 people and its catalogue listed close to 400 different products. The work was chiefly in tinplate: cars, but equally aircraft, lorries, railways and kitchen utensils. In 1951 Antonio Vicentini built a radio-controlled car there, ahead of the Japanese. INGAP did not manage the change from tinplate to plastic; 1972 was the end. The collection shown is Ivan Benzina's; the catalogue was edited by Silvia Zago, the layout is by Chiara Zanta, prepress and printing by Poligrafica Antenore in Padua. The acknowledgements name, besides several collectors, the Museo Luigi Testi. Inside the book the title appears as «Giochi di latta INGAP». It carries no ISBN, and no year of publication appears in the book.

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