CAZENOVE, Raoul de. First air travels in Lyon in 1784. Lyon: Imprimerie Pitrait Ainé, 1887. First edition, in-4; limited edition of 205 copies, this one unnumbered; 63p., 3 plates (ascent of Brotteaux, portrait of Joseph Montgolfier, first female ascent, by Madame Thible), figure in the text.Modern bradel paperback in marbled paper, title-piece on the spine, covers preserved; bookplate on the balloon of the Charles Dollfus Aeronautic Library. Ascent of January 19, 1784, Speech by Joseph Montgolfier, Ascent of Fleurant and Mrs. Thible, Songs about balloons, Tragic end of Pilâtre de Rozier, Centenary of Montgolfier, Use of superheated air, Bibliography, Subscribers. Very good condition.
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