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The Ascent of the Great Montgolfier Balloon, 1784, with 9 engraved plates.
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Barthélemy Faujas De Saint-Fond:

Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu.

Paris, chez Cuchet, 1784. 8vo. (19,5 x 12,5 cm.) XL + 304 pp. + 9 engraved plates + 1 folding table.

Contemporary mottled calf, smooth spine richly gilt in compartments with title-label, red edges; rubbed, hinges a trifle weak. Bookplate (Köferinger Bibliothek).

Literature

Gibbs-Smith, History of Flying, s. 125. Printing and The Mind of Man 229.

More information

Second edition of the first account of the Montgolfier brothers' pioneering balloon flight in 1783, with a detailed historical and technical account. First published in 1783 with a supplementary volume issued in 1784 (not present here).

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