GERLI, Agostino. Opuscoli di Agostino Gerli. Relazione della macchina aerostatica contenente uomini fatta innalzare per la prima volta in Italia nel Giardino della villa Andreani in Moncucco sul Milanesein giorno XXV di Febbrajo, indi piu' solennemente il giorno XIII Marzo 1784. Followed by "Discorso intorno ad una nuova maniera di fare Pavimenti"; Followed by "Discorso intono all'intonacatura de' muri; Followed by "Ragionamento sopra il progetto fattola chiesa di Seregno"; Followed by "Riflesso per cangiar l'aria Negli spedali, nelle prigioni "Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1785. In-folio; [x: title with engraved vignette, dedications, title page "Relazione"], 99p. 15 engraved plates, 3 of which are folding, 6 beautiful engraved bands and 3 caps. Most of the illustrations are by Agostino Gerli.marbled boards of the time, sponged and rubbed, internally a beautiful and fresh copy, with the engravings in a nice edition. The first part of the book is devoted to aeronautics. Together with his brothers Joseph and Charles-Joseph, the architect Agostino Gerli built a balloon for Paolo Andreani, in which they made together the first Italian flight, on February 25, 1784, from Andreani's garden in Moncucco. The other sections concern various architectural projects, including one for the church in Seregno.
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GERLI, Agostino. Opuscoli di Agostino Gerli. Relazione della macchina aerostatica contenente uomini fatta innalzare per la prima volta in Italia nel Giardino della villa Andreani in Moncucco sul Milanesein giorno XXV di Febbrajo, indi piu' solennemente il giorno XIII Marzo 1784. Followed by "Discorso intorno ad una nuova maniera di fare Pavimenti"; Followed by "Discorso intono all'intonacatura de' muri; Followed by "Ragionamento sopra il progetto fattola chiesa di Seregno"; Followed by "Riflesso per cangiar l'aria Negli spedali, nelle prigioni "Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1785. In-folio; [x: title with engraved vignette, dedications, title page "Relazione"], 99p. 15 engraved plates, 3 of which are folding, 6 beautiful engraved bands and 3 caps. Most of the illustrations are by Agostino Gerli.marbled boards of the time, sponged and rubbed, internally a beautiful and fresh copy, with the engravings in a nice edition. The first part of the book is devoted to aeronautics. Together with his brothers Joseph and Charles-Joseph, the architect Agostino Gerli built a balloon for Paolo Andreani, in which they made together the first Italian flight, on February 25, 1784, from Andreani's garden in Moncucco. The other sections concern various architectural projects, including one for the church in Seregno.