PEYREY, François. The aerial idea - Aviation. The artificial birds. With a preface by Santos-Dumont. Paris: H. Dunod and E. Pinat, 1909. First edition, in-8; xiv, 667p., frontispiece and 253 figures in the text, some full page. Bound in worn half-basin, smooth spine decorated with an airplane, illustrated covers preserved; spine and corners rubbed, good condition inside.