Tag: automata

Courtesy of Children’s Toys of Bygone Days: A History of Playthings of All Peoples from Prehistoric Times to the XIXth Century by Karl Grober, English version by Philip Hereford. London,

Everything is drive-thru, instant noodle, on-demand these days, so it only makes sense that the outmoded tradition of an elaborately planned ceremonial marital union would get a 21st