HUARD, Charles Lucien. Small Illustrated Library... Lot 41

[HUARD, Charles Lucien]. Small Illustrated Library of Useful Knowledge. Paris: L. Boulanger, [1887-88]. 3 fascicles in-12 including: n° 6: Les Ballons dirigeables; n° 33: Les Premiers ballons; n° 34: Direction des ballons.N° 6: 30p. (Henri Giffard, Henson, Charvin, Dupuy de Lome, Cordenons, Tissandier), 4 full-page figures; N° 33: 30p. (Precursors of Montgolfier, the First balloons), 13 figures (Flying boats of Lana, Bartholomeo Laurenço, Machine to fly Besnier, Machine Blanchard); No. 34: 30p. 19 figures (Blanchard's ascent, aerostatic fish, Lunardi Systems, Alban and Vallet, Testau-Brissy, Jarcot, Petin). Spine repaired formerly with adhesive, covers detached. Editor of the "Bouffon" and founder of "La Caricature", Huard was a native of Puy-Notre-Dame in Maine et Loire. These small booklets were published every Wednesday and were sold at a price of 10 cents per volume. Rare booklets about aerostation.