PIROUX. L'Art de voyager dans les airs, ou les... Lot 5

[PIROUX]. L'Art de voyager dans les airs, ou les Ballons, Contenant les moyens de faire des Globes aérostatiques suivant la méthode de MM. De Montgolfier, & suivant les procédés de MM. Charles & Robert. With a historical account of the most beautiful experiments that have been made after this famous discovery. Paris: Chez les Libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1784. New edition enlarged: 1° of the historical detail of the great experiment made in Lyon on January 19, 1784; 2° of an inexpensive way to make inflammable gas; 3° of the exposition of an ingenious means to direct at will the aerostatic machines. In-8; 180p., [2p. table], 3 engraved plates out of text, including the frontispiece (Arrival of Mr. Charles at Nesle), small vignettes on the head and foot of the book; 14p. Supplement: Observations of M. le comte de Milly, read at the Academy of Sciences on December 6, 1783, on various means of loading the aerostatic Globes, suitable for reducing the dangers of air travel. Later binding in half calf, smooth spine decorated with title, marbled boards. Small tear and beginning of a split at the end of the upper spine, but a copy with full margins, entirely untrimmed, printed on beautiful paper and of good freshness.