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COLLECTION PIERRE-LOUIS CLEMENT : AEROSTATION - BALLOONS

COLLECTION PIERRE-LOUIS CLEMENT : AEROSTATION - BALLOONS

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FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, [Barthélémy]. Description of the experiments of the aerostatic machine of MM. de Montgolfier, and of those to which this discovery gave place; Followed by Researches on the height to which the Balloon of Champ-de-Mars reached; on the route which it held; on the different degrees of gravity of the air in the layers of the atmosphere; Of a Memorandum on the inflammable gas; Of a Letter on the means of directing these Machines; Work decorated with nine plates in intaglio, re

1 - FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, [Barthélémy]. Description of the experiments of the aerostatic machine of MM. de Montgolfier, and of those to which this discovery gave place; Followed by Researches on the height to which the Balloon of Champ-de-Mars reached; on the route which it held; on the different degrees of gravity of the air in the layers of the atmosphere; Of a Memorandum on the inflammable gas; Of a Letter on the means of directing these Machines; Work decorated with nine plates in intaglio, re

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400 € - 600 €
FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, [Barthélémy]. Description of the experiments of the aerostatic machine of MM. de Montgolfier, and of those to which this discovery gave place; Followed by Researches on the height to which the Balloon of Champ-de-Mars reached; on the route which it held; on the different degrees of gravity of the air in the layers of the atmosphere; Of a Memorandum on the inflammable gas; Of a Letter on the means of directing these Machines; Work decorated with nine plates in intaglio, re

2 - FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, [Barthélémy]. Description of the experiments of the aerostatic machine of MM. de Montgolfier, and of those to which this discovery gave place; Followed by Researches on the height to which the Balloon of Champ-de-Mars reached; on the route which it held; on the different degrees of gravity of the air in the layers of the atmosphere; Of a Memorandum on the inflammable gas; Of a Letter on the means of directing these Machines; Work decorated with nine plates in intaglio, re

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1 000 €
PINGERON. The art of making your own aerostatic balloons, according to those of M. de Montgolfier. Amsterdam, and Paris: Hardouin, s.d. [1783]. First edition, in-8; 42 p, frontispiece. Bound with: Letter to M. de *** on his project to travel with the aërostatic sphere of M. de Montgolfier. A Aéropolis, chez Zéphirolin, et à Paris, chez les marchands de feuilles volantes, l'an de la Lune... 16p. in-8, with a beautiful folding frontispiece representing a balloon with a whole crew...Two rare te

3 - PINGERON. The art of making your own aerostatic balloons, according to those of M. de Montgolfier. Amsterdam, and Paris: Hardouin, s.d. [1783]. First edition, in-8; 42 p, frontispiece. Bound with: Letter to M. de *** on his project to travel with the aërostatic sphere of M. de Montgolfier. A Aéropolis, chez Zéphirolin, et à Paris, chez les marchands de feuilles volantes, l'an de la Lune... 16p. in-8, with a beautiful folding frontispiece representing a balloon with a whole crew...Two rare te

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750 €
[MORVEAU, CHAUSSIER, BERTRAND].Description of the aerostat "L'Académie de Dijon". Containing the details of the processes, the theory of operations, the drawings of the machines & the reports of experiments. The whole extracted from the account given to this Society by MM. de Morveau, Chaussier & Bertrand. Followed by an Essay on the application of the discovery of MM. de Montgolfier, to the extraction of water from the depths of mines [by Morveau]. Dijon: Causse, and Paris: Théophile Barrois,

4 - [MORVEAU, CHAUSSIER, BERTRAND].Description of the aerostat "L'Académie de Dijon". Containing the details of the processes, the theory of operations, the drawings of the machines & the reports of experiments. The whole extracted from the account given to this Society by MM. de Morveau, Chaussier & Bertrand. Followed by an Essay on the application of the discovery of MM. de Montgolfier, to the extraction of water from the depths of mines [by Morveau]. Dijon: Causse, and Paris: Théophile Barrois,

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1 800 €
[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 inex

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 inex

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450 €
(SOCIÉTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONTPELLIER).Assemblée publique de la Société Royale des Sciences, tenue dans la Grande Salle de l'Hôtel de cette Société, en présence des Etats de la Province de Languedoc, le 10 Décembre 1783. Montpellier: Imprimerie Jean Martel ainé, 1784. First edition, in-4; 118p., [3p.]. Paperback, in loose marbled paper covers loosely tied with strings, with handwritten dispatch to Mr. l'abbé de Rey, from M. de Ratte [Etienne de Ratte was permanent secretary of the Roy

6 - (SOCIÉTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONTPELLIER).Assemblée publique de la Société Royale des Sciences, tenue dans la Grande Salle de l'Hôtel de cette Société, en présence des Etats de la Province de Languedoc, le 10 Décembre 1783. Montpellier: Imprimerie Jean Martel ainé, 1784. First edition, in-4; 118p., [3p.]. Paperback, in loose marbled paper covers loosely tied with strings, with handwritten dispatch to Mr. l'abbé de Rey, from M. de Ratte [Etienne de Ratte was permanent secretary of the Roy

Estimate
150 € - 200 €
[TOURNON DE LA CHAPELLE, Alexandre]. La Vie et les Mémoires de Pilatre de Rozier, Ecrits par lui-même; et publiés par M. T***. Paris: the publisher, rue Saint Martin; and Belin, Bailly, Mérigot, 1786. First edition, in-12; [viii], 148p, folding plate with 4 woodcuts. The numerous endpapers of the work are covered on 10 pages with handwritten copies of various letters and articles dated June 1785 concerning the disaster that cost Pilâtre de Rozier his life, as well as a letter written by Pil

7 - [TOURNON DE LA CHAPELLE, Alexandre]. La Vie et les Mémoires de Pilatre de Rozier, Ecrits par lui-même; et publiés par M. T***. Paris: the publisher, rue Saint Martin; and Belin, Bailly, Mérigot, 1786. First edition, in-12; [viii], 148p, folding plate with 4 woodcuts. The numerous endpapers of the work are covered on 10 pages with handwritten copies of various letters and articles dated June 1785 concerning the disaster that cost Pilâtre de Rozier his life, as well as a letter written by Pil

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600 €
CAVALLO, Tibere. History and Practice of Aerostation. Translated from the English. Paris: Guillot, Librairie de Monsieur, 1786. First French edition, after the English original of 1785. [1f.], iii, 243p. (= 233, the pagination jumps from 80 to 91 without missing); 2 folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary half-basin, spine ribbed and decorated, marbled endpapers and edges; some spotting, beginning of a split at one corner, paper browned as usual, otherwise a good copy. The physicist Tiber

8 - CAVALLO, Tibere. History and Practice of Aerostation. Translated from the English. Paris: Guillot, Librairie de Monsieur, 1786. First French edition, after the English original of 1785. [1f.], iii, 243p. (= 233, the pagination jumps from 80 to 91 without missing); 2 folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary half-basin, spine ribbed and decorated, marbled endpapers and edges; some spotting, beginning of a split at one corner, paper browned as usual, otherwise a good copy. The physicist Tiber

Estimate
600 € - 800 €
(SOCIETY OF THE MUSEUM OF BORDEAUX). Collection of the works of the museum of Bordeaux, dedicated to the Queen. Année 1787. Bordeaux: Michel Racle's printing house, 1787. Large in-8; 428p., [1p. authorization of the censor]. Beautifully bound in speckled half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilt balloons, original mute covers preserved. Beautiful copy printed on bluish laid paper, with all margins; with a handwritten sending from a professor of mathematics at the Lycée de Bordeaux to Monsie

9 - (SOCIETY OF THE MUSEUM OF BORDEAUX). Collection of the works of the museum of Bordeaux, dedicated to the Queen. Année 1787. Bordeaux: Michel Racle's printing house, 1787. Large in-8; 428p., [1p. authorization of the censor]. Beautifully bound in speckled half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilt balloons, original mute covers preserved. Beautiful copy printed on bluish laid paper, with all margins; with a handwritten sending from a professor of mathematics at the Lycée de Bordeaux to Monsie

Estimate
300 € - 400 €
BALDWIN, Thomas. Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from Minutes made during the Voyage: Hints on the Improvement of Balloons, and mode of inflation by Steam: Means to prevent their descent over water: Occasional Enquiries into the State of the Atmosphere, favoring their Direction: With various Philosophical Observations and Conjectures. To which is subjoined, Mensuration of Heights by the Barometer, made plain: With ext

10 - BALDWIN, Thomas. Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from Minutes made during the Voyage: Hints on the Improvement of Balloons, and mode of inflation by Steam: Means to prevent their descent over water: Occasional Enquiries into the State of the Atmosphere, favoring their Direction: With various Philosophical Observations and Conjectures. To which is subjoined, Mensuration of Heights by the Barometer, made plain: With ext

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1 350 €
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

11 - 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

Estimate
800 € - 1 000 €
[LANCETTI, Vincenzo]. Areostiade ossia il Mongolfiero. Poema. Diviso in venti canti. Tomo Primo. [Milan], 1802. First edition in-4 on thick paper, with large margins, of the first part (10 cantos) of this work; [viii], 131p. Each "canto" includes a title page (except the first one), and a variable number of stanzas (between 47 and 106). Bound in very worn marbled basane, marbled endpapers. The partially detached spine covers an incomplete original spine. Nice condition inside. First edition of t

12 - [LANCETTI, Vincenzo]. Areostiade ossia il Mongolfiero. Poema. Diviso in venti canti. Tomo Primo. [Milan], 1802. First edition in-4 on thick paper, with large margins, of the first part (10 cantos) of this work; [viii], 131p. Each "canto" includes a title page (except the first one), and a variable number of stanzas (between 47 and 106). Bound in very worn marbled basane, marbled endpapers. The partially detached spine covers an incomplete original spine. Nice condition inside. First edition of t

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150 €
[ZAMBECCARI, Francesco]. Saggio sopra la teoria e pratica delle Macchine aereostatiche del C.F.Z. Bologna: Ulisse Ramponi, 1800. First edition, small in-4; XIV pages. Bound in full shagreen, smooth spine decorated with balloons, title in full, marbled endpapers. A very good copy. Very rare first edition of the main theoretical work of Zambeccari (1752 - 1812). A second edition was published in Venice in 1803.

13 - [ZAMBECCARI, Francesco]. Saggio sopra la teoria e pratica delle Macchine aereostatiche del C.F.Z. Bologna: Ulisse Ramponi, 1800. First edition, small in-4; XIV pages. Bound in full shagreen, smooth spine decorated with balloons, title in full, marbled endpapers. A very good copy. Very rare first edition of the main theoretical work of Zambeccari (1752 - 1812). A second edition was published in Venice in 1803.

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180 €
ZAMBECCARI, Francesco. Descrizione della macchina aerostatica del cittadino Francesco Zambeccari. Destinata a tentare il regolamento della medesima per l'Atmosfera. Bologna: Fratelli Masi e Compagno, 1803. First edition, small in-8; 32p., [3p. Dimensioni della nuova macchina, Dimensioni della Mongolfiera, Peeso della macchina), frontispiece (the Montgolfier Brothers), 3 folding plates (balloon, parts of the balloon, instruments). Complete with the "Catalogo di tutte le parti che compongono la Ma

14 - ZAMBECCARI, Francesco. Descrizione della macchina aerostatica del cittadino Francesco Zambeccari. Destinata a tentare il regolamento della medesima per l'Atmosfera. Bologna: Fratelli Masi e Compagno, 1803. First edition, small in-8; 32p., [3p. Dimensioni della nuova macchina, Dimensioni della Mongolfiera, Peeso della macchina), frontispiece (the Montgolfier Brothers), 3 folding plates (balloon, parts of the balloon, instruments). Complete with the "Catalogo di tutte le parti che compongono la Ma

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150 €
ZAMBECCARI, Francesco. Saggio sopra la teoria e pratica delle macchine aereostatiche des Cittadino Francesco Zambeccari. Venezia: Leonardo Bertazzoni, con approvazione, 1803. Second edition, in-4; VIII pages, printed on two columns. Posterior boards, spine muted; light spotting in lower margin but a very good copy. Same text as the original edition of 1800.

15 - ZAMBECCARI, Francesco. Saggio sopra la teoria e pratica delle macchine aereostatiche des Cittadino Francesco Zambeccari. Venezia: Leonardo Bertazzoni, con approvazione, 1803. Second edition, in-4; VIII pages, printed on two columns. Posterior boards, spine muted; light spotting in lower margin but a very good copy. Same text as the original edition of 1800.

Estimate
200 € - 300 €
(ZAMBECCARI, Francesco). Lettere due sull'aereostatico tentativo e corretta relazione del viaggio aereo intrapreso in Bologna la Norte of 7 October 1803 dai cittadini F. Zambeccari, P. Andreoli ec. G.D. Grassetti. Tratta del descrizione e. stampata in Trieste. [Bologna, 1804]. First edition, in-16; beautiful printing on blue laid paper, with large margins; 40p. Contains: letter dated Perugia, March 15, 1804, written by the father Carmelite Scalzo; the second answer of Zambeccari dated Bologna Ap

16 - (ZAMBECCARI, Francesco). Lettere due sull'aereostatico tentativo e corretta relazione del viaggio aereo intrapreso in Bologna la Norte of 7 October 1803 dai cittadini F. Zambeccari, P. Andreoli ec. G.D. Grassetti. Tratta del descrizione e. stampata in Trieste. [Bologna, 1804]. First edition, in-16; beautiful printing on blue laid paper, with large margins; 40p. Contains: letter dated Perugia, March 15, 1804, written by the father Carmelite Scalzo; the second answer of Zambeccari dated Bologna Ap

Estimate
150 € - 200 €
(ZAMBECCARI, Francesco). Supplemento d'ulteriori, et piu' interessanti notizie toccanti lo stato del Zambeccari, Suo arrivo a Bologna, e ricupero del Pallone. Venezia al Sig. Giuseppe Andrea Renier. Chiozza 26. Agosto 1804. [Venice, 1804]. First edition, in-4; IV pages.booklet bound in later bristly basane, smooth spine decorated with balloons avrec title in long, marbled endpapers; spines rubbed with small splits, otherwise in very good condition. Very rare supplement to the account of the flig

17 - (ZAMBECCARI, Francesco). Supplemento d'ulteriori, et piu' interessanti notizie toccanti lo stato del Zambeccari, Suo arrivo a Bologna, e ricupero del Pallone. Venezia al Sig. Giuseppe Andrea Renier. Chiozza 26. Agosto 1804. [Venice, 1804]. First edition, in-4; IV pages.booklet bound in later bristly basane, smooth spine decorated with balloons avrec title in long, marbled endpapers; spines rubbed with small splits, otherwise in very good condition. Very rare supplement to the account of the flig

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80 €
[ZAMBECCARI, Francesco]. Relazione dell'esperienza aero-statica eseguita in Bologna li xxii agosto MDCCIV anno terzo della republica italiana. Bologna: Per Ulisse Ramponi a S. Damiano, s.d. [17 September 1804]. First edition, small in-8; 37p., [1p.], printed on fine paper. Later binding in shagreened basane, smooth spine decorated with balloons, title in full, marbled endpapers, original mute covers preserved; a medallion portrait of Zambeccari and a colored map depicting the wreck of the balloo

18 - [ZAMBECCARI, Francesco]. Relazione dell'esperienza aero-statica eseguita in Bologna li xxii agosto MDCCIV anno terzo della republica italiana. Bologna: Per Ulisse Ramponi a S. Damiano, s.d. [17 September 1804]. First edition, small in-8; 37p., [1p.], printed on fine paper. Later binding in shagreened basane, smooth spine decorated with balloons, title in full, marbled endpapers, original mute covers preserved; a medallion portrait of Zambeccari and a colored map depicting the wreck of the balloo

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80 €
DU PRÉ, F. Memoria sull' aerostato di Pasqual Andreoli esposto nella chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore il di 21 novemb. 1806.Venezia: Andrea Santini, 1807. Small in-8; [vi], 99p. folding frontispiece (Andreoli's balloon rising above Venice), and one folding engraved plate (diagram). Full later marbled basane, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons with title in long, green and gold printed endpapers. A very fresh copy. In the last chapter, Du Pré evokes a plan for the invasion of Great Britain,

19 - DU PRÉ, F. Memoria sull' aerostato di Pasqual Andreoli esposto nella chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore il di 21 novemb. 1806.Venezia: Andrea Santini, 1807. Small in-8; [vi], 99p. folding frontispiece (Andreoli's balloon rising above Venice), and one folding engraved plate (diagram). Full later marbled basane, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons with title in long, green and gold printed endpapers. A very fresh copy. In the last chapter, Du Pré evokes a plan for the invasion of Great Britain,

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700 €
LINGUET.Annales politiques, civiles et littéraires du dix-huitième siècle. Periodical work. T.I. to T.XII. Lausanne: Société Typographique, 1777-78 and London, 1778-85. 12 volumes in-8. Very worn period binding in marbled basane, spine ribbed (several title pieces missing), good condition inside. Head of the series of this journal "so strangely bold for its time" and "one of the most interesting collections to consult for those who want to know the movement of ideas at the end of the 18th c

20 - LINGUET.Annales politiques, civiles et littéraires du dix-huitième siècle. Periodical work. T.I. to T.XII. Lausanne: Société Typographique, 1777-78 and London, 1778-85. 12 volumes in-8. Very worn period binding in marbled basane, spine ribbed (several title pieces missing), good condition inside. Head of the series of this journal "so strangely bold for its time" and "one of the most interesting collections to consult for those who want to know the movement of ideas at the end of the 18th c

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80 €
BACHAUMONT, [Louis Petit]. Secret Memoirs to serve the history of the Republic of Letters in France, since MDCCLXII until our days; or Journal of an observer, Containing the Analyses of the Pieces of Theater which appeared during this interval; the Relations of the Literary Assemblies; the Notices of the new, clandestine, prohibited Books; the fugitive Pieces, rare or manuscript, in prose or in verse; the Vaudevilles on the Court; the Anecdotes & Good Words; the Eulogies of the Savans, of the Ar

21 - BACHAUMONT, [Louis Petit]. Secret Memoirs to serve the history of the Republic of Letters in France, since MDCCLXII until our days; or Journal of an observer, Containing the Analyses of the Pieces of Theater which appeared during this interval; the Relations of the Literary Assemblies; the Notices of the new, clandestine, prohibited Books; the fugitive Pieces, rare or manuscript, in prose or in verse; the Vaudevilles on the Court; the Anecdotes & Good Words; the Eulogies of the Savans, of the Ar

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170 €
(JOURNAL de PARIS). Journal de Paris. From Thursday, January 1 to Wednesday, June 30, 1784. Paris: Imprimerie de Quillau, 1784. Suite of 182 issues of 4 pages each; issue 85 of March 25, 1784 is followed by a two-page supplement publishing a letter from the inventor M. Deumier accompanied by a beautiful folding engraving of an "aerial boat" titled "Essai sur l'art de diriger à volonté la chaloupe D." Bound in contemporary vellum spotted, spine ribbed with title pieces, red edges, in good cond

22 - (JOURNAL de PARIS). Journal de Paris. From Thursday, January 1 to Wednesday, June 30, 1784. Paris: Imprimerie de Quillau, 1784. Suite of 182 issues of 4 pages each; issue 85 of March 25, 1784 is followed by a two-page supplement publishing a letter from the inventor M. Deumier accompanied by a beautiful folding engraving of an "aerial boat" titled "Essai sur l'art de diriger à volonté la chaloupe D." Bound in contemporary vellum spotted, spine ribbed with title pieces, red edges, in good cond

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1 000 €
(BELGIAN JOURNALS AND ALMANACHS, 1783 to 1785). Political journal of Brussels. Set of issues from the years 1783 to 1785, bound in 3 volumes, of this supplement to the Mercure de France. Most issues contain notes on aeronautical experiments. WITH: Almanach de Gend, 1785 (with a full-page woodcut of a balloon); WITH: Almanach poétique de Bruxelles for the year 1806. Brussels: Stapleaux. (contains a vaudeville about aerostats); WITH: L'Esprit des journaux Français et Etrangers. Paris: Valade, ju

23 - (BELGIAN JOURNALS AND ALMANACHS, 1783 to 1785). Political journal of Brussels. Set of issues from the years 1783 to 1785, bound in 3 volumes, of this supplement to the Mercure de France. Most issues contain notes on aeronautical experiments. WITH: Almanach de Gend, 1785 (with a full-page woodcut of a balloon); WITH: Almanach poétique de Bruxelles for the year 1806. Brussels: Stapleaux. (contains a vaudeville about aerostats); WITH: L'Esprit des journaux Français et Etrangers. Paris: Valade, ju

Estimate
200 € - 300 €
(GAZETTE DE BOUILLON). Political Journal or Gazette of Gazettes. September Second Fortnight, Year 1783; October First Fortnight, Year 1783; June Second Fortnight, 1788; September Second Fortnight, 1788. [Bureau des Ouvrages périodiques]: Bouillon, with Approval and Privilege: 1783, 1788. 4 quires in-12; September 1783: 96p., pages 66 to 73 concern the experiment of the "ascending globe" made at the Champ de Mars by MM. Charles and Robert; October 1783: 96p., pp. 53 to 55 concern "the globe fall

24 - (GAZETTE DE BOUILLON). Political Journal or Gazette of Gazettes. September Second Fortnight, Year 1783; October First Fortnight, Year 1783; June Second Fortnight, 1788; September Second Fortnight, 1788. [Bureau des Ouvrages périodiques]: Bouillon, with Approval and Privilege: 1783, 1788. 4 quires in-12; September 1783: 96p., pages 66 to 73 concern the experiment of the "ascending globe" made at the Champ de Mars by MM. Charles and Robert; October 1783: 96p., pp. 53 to 55 concern "the globe fall

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100 €
HAMILTON, A.[rchibald].The Town and Country Magazine; or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment. For July, August, September, October, November and December 1783. Printed for A. Hamilton Jun. opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street. And Sold by G. Robinson at No. 35 in Pater-noster-Row, 1783. Six issues bound in one in-8 volume, each with title page; Continuous pagination: July: [339], 340-392; August: [393-395], 396-448., 1 plate; September: [449-451], 452-504; Oct

25 - HAMILTON, A.[rchibald].The Town and Country Magazine; or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment. For July, August, September, October, November and December 1783. Printed for A. Hamilton Jun. opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street. And Sold by G. Robinson at No. 35 in Pater-noster-Row, 1783. Six issues bound in one in-8 volume, each with title page; Continuous pagination: July: [339], 340-392; August: [393-395], 396-448., 1 plate; September: [449-451], 452-504; Oct

Estimate
80 € - 120 €
REICHARD, August Ottokar (founder). Booklets of Reading. Third volume. Gotha: Bureau des Cahiers de Lecture, 1784. Monthly journal established in 1784: Cahiers no. IX, X, XI and XII; pages [iii] - 390p. (continuous pagination); portrait of Pilâtre de Rozier by Goulet in frontispiece. Each quire has a first part entitled "Manuscripts" and a part "Fragmens ou extraits de livres". The pagination jumps from 190 to 193 without missing. Bound in full red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with ballo

26 - REICHARD, August Ottokar (founder). Booklets of Reading. Third volume. Gotha: Bureau des Cahiers de Lecture, 1784. Monthly journal established in 1784: Cahiers no. IX, X, XI and XII; pages [iii] - 390p. (continuous pagination); portrait of Pilâtre de Rozier by Goulet in frontispiece. Each quire has a first part entitled "Manuscripts" and a part "Fragmens ou extraits de livres". The pagination jumps from 190 to 193 without missing. Bound in full red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with ballo

Estimate
300 € - 400 €
TURNOR, Hatton. Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition, large in-4; xxiii, 530p., numerous illustrations, most of them out-of-text. Bound in faded red half-chagrin, good condition inside.

27 - TURNOR, Hatton. Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition, large in-4; xxiii, 530p., numerous illustrations, most of them out-of-text. Bound in faded red half-chagrin, good condition inside.

Estimate
150 € - 200 €
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 Montgol

28 - 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 Montgol

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250 €
DUHAMEL, L. Les Montgolfier à Avignon. Paris: A. Picard, Imprimerie H. Guigou, 1894. First edition, in-8; 30p. Marbled paper covered bradel boards, smooth spine with handwritten title, original cover preserved. Booklet in very good condition.

29 - DUHAMEL, L. Les Montgolfier à Avignon. Paris: A. Picard, Imprimerie H. Guigou, 1894. First edition, in-8; 30p. Marbled paper covered bradel boards, smooth spine with handwritten title, original cover preserved. Booklet in very good condition.

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200 €
DIGONNET, Félix. The invention of aerostation in Avignon in 1782 and the first ascents in this city. With 6 plates. Avignon: François Seguin, 1906. First edition, in-8; 48p., 6 plates off-text (Montgolfier house in Avignon, Lamp and furnace of the Marquis de Brantes, Valve of the Brantes' aerostat, Aerostat built by Brantes, Balloon plates). Bound in red half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons, long title, marbled boards and endpapers, covers preserved. Rare booklet in very goo

30 - DIGONNET, Félix. The invention of aerostation in Avignon in 1782 and the first ascents in this city. With 6 plates. Avignon: François Seguin, 1906. First edition, in-8; 48p., 6 plates off-text (Montgolfier house in Avignon, Lamp and furnace of the Marquis de Brantes, Valve of the Brantes' aerostat, Aerostat built by Brantes, Balloon plates). Bound in red half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons, long title, marbled boards and endpapers, covers preserved. Rare booklet in very goo

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150 €
VAULX, Count De la and TISSANDIER, Paul. Joseph and Etienne de Montgolfier. Annonay [Imprimerie Daniel Jacomet, Paris], 1926. First edition printed at 320 copies, this one n° 93 printed for M. Charles Gillet; in-folio. Numerous engravings and facsimiles outside the text, some colored with stencil. Good binding in green half-maroquin with corners, four-ribbed spine decorated with a balloon iron.

31 - VAULX, Count De la and TISSANDIER, Paul. Joseph and Etienne de Montgolfier. Annonay [Imprimerie Daniel Jacomet, Paris], 1926. First edition printed at 320 copies, this one n° 93 printed for M. Charles Gillet; in-folio. Numerous engravings and facsimiles outside the text, some colored with stencil. Good binding in green half-maroquin with corners, four-ribbed spine decorated with a balloon iron.

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340 €
(AERONAUTICS IN ITALY). CAPRONI GUASTI, Timina and BERTARELLI, Achille. Francesco Zambeccari, Aeronauta Bologna (1752-1812). Milano: Museo Caproni, 1931. In-4; plates out of text and facsimiles; aeronautical bibliography in fine. Publisher's half cloth boards, worn at the edges; good condition inside. WITH: CAPRONI GUASTI, Timina and BERTARELLI, Achille. L'Aeronautica Italiana Nell'Imagine 1487-1875. Milan: Museo Caproni, 1938. Large and strong in-4: numerous plates out of text, some in color, w

32 - (AERONAUTICS IN ITALY). CAPRONI GUASTI, Timina and BERTARELLI, Achille. Francesco Zambeccari, Aeronauta Bologna (1752-1812). Milano: Museo Caproni, 1931. In-4; plates out of text and facsimiles; aeronautical bibliography in fine. Publisher's half cloth boards, worn at the edges; good condition inside. WITH: CAPRONI GUASTI, Timina and BERTARELLI, Achille. L'Aeronautica Italiana Nell'Imagine 1487-1875. Milan: Museo Caproni, 1938. Large and strong in-4: numerous plates out of text, some in color, w

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100 €
VINDEL, Francisco. Las primeras aeronaves en America fueron de invencion espanola (Mexico, 1784-85).Madrid, 1954.100 copies on "superior ahuesado" paper (no. 50), large in-8; 33p. figures in the text, [15p. facsimiles of the "Gazeta de Mexico"], [2p. Errata, Completed printing]. Bound in red half-chagrin, marbled boards and endpapers, spine decorated with balloon irons, title in full. A very good copy.

33 - VINDEL, Francisco. Las primeras aeronaves en America fueron de invencion espanola (Mexico, 1784-85).Madrid, 1954.100 copies on "superior ahuesado" paper (no. 50), large in-8; 33p. figures in the text, [15p. facsimiles of the "Gazeta de Mexico"], [2p. Errata, Completed printing]. Bound in red half-chagrin, marbled boards and endpapers, spine decorated with balloon irons, title in full. A very good copy.

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40 €
DUPUIS-DELCOURT, [Jean-François]. Nouveau manuel complet d'Aérostation ou Guide pour servir à l'histoire et à la pratique des Ballons. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1850. First edition, in-12. 292p., followed by 71p. of the Roret catalog dated February 1864; 16 folding plates, figures in the text.Period binding in red half-basane, smooth spine decorated marked at the foot E. Girre (author in 1843 of a memoir on the direction of aerostats); repairs without loss to the preface pag

34 - DUPUIS-DELCOURT, [Jean-François]. Nouveau manuel complet d'Aérostation ou Guide pour servir à l'histoire et à la pratique des Ballons. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1850. First edition, in-12. 292p., followed by 71p. of the Roret catalog dated February 1864; 16 folding plates, figures in the text.Period binding in red half-basane, smooth spine decorated marked at the foot E. Girre (author in 1843 of a memoir on the direction of aerostats); repairs without loss to the preface pag

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90 €
NADAR. On land & in the air Memoirs of the Giant. With an Introduction by M. Babinet. Paris: E. Dentu, 1864. First edition, in-8; Introduction, xx (Oraisons funèbres de Jean-Baptiste Dupuis-Delcourt et Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier), 21-439p.Bound in brown half-chagrin with corners (open spine to be restored, spine darkened), illustrated cover preserved, foxing. Copy with a letter from Nadar on the first free endpaper, dated Paris [September] 64: "A mon bon ami Bouju son Nadar" [this is pro

35 - NADAR. On land & in the air Memoirs of the Giant. With an Introduction by M. Babinet. Paris: E. Dentu, 1864. First edition, in-8; Introduction, xx (Oraisons funèbres de Jean-Baptiste Dupuis-Delcourt et Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier), 21-439p.Bound in brown half-chagrin with corners (open spine to be restored, spine darkened), illustrated cover preserved, foxing. Copy with a letter from Nadar on the first free endpaper, dated Paris [September] 64: "A mon bon ami Bouju son Nadar" [this is pro

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230 €
NADAR. A terre & en l'air Mémoires du Géant. With an Introduction by M. Babinet.Paris: E. Dentu, 1864. First edition, in-8; Introduction, xx (Oraisons funèbres de Jean-Baptiste Dupuis-Delcourt et Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier), 21-439p.Bound in brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with a balloon bearing the initials S.F.N.A. (Société française de navigation aérienne), original covers preserved, ex-libris stamps of the S.F.N.A. and of Doctor Hureau de Villeneuve (who was its secretary g

36 - NADAR. A terre & en l'air Mémoires du Géant. With an Introduction by M. Babinet.Paris: E. Dentu, 1864. First edition, in-8; Introduction, xx (Oraisons funèbres de Jean-Baptiste Dupuis-Delcourt et Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier), 21-439p.Bound in brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with a balloon bearing the initials S.F.N.A. (Société française de navigation aérienne), original covers preserved, ex-libris stamps of the S.F.N.A. and of Doctor Hureau de Villeneuve (who was its secretary g

Estimate
150 € - 200 €
NADAR. Le Droit au vol. Paris: J. Hetzel, Imprimerie Lahure, s.d. [1865].First edition, in-12; [iv], iii, 115p., [1p.]Paperback, covers printed in red, very faded with missing and taped repairs. Vicar VI, 4.

37 - NADAR. Le Droit au vol. Paris: J. Hetzel, Imprimerie Lahure, s.d. [1865].First edition, in-12; [iv], iii, 115p., [1p.]Paperback, covers printed in red, very faded with missing and taped repairs. Vicar VI, 4.

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40 €
HUREAU de VILLENEUVE, Abel.Revue l'Aéronaute. Monthly illustrated bulletin of the air navigation. Paris: January 1874 to December 1876. 3 volumes in-8; series of three years of this monthly publication, from the seventh to the ninth year. Modest period half-percaline boards, worn and partly loose, but quite good condition inside, with the covers of the issues preserved.

38 - HUREAU de VILLENEUVE, Abel.Revue l'Aéronaute. Monthly illustrated bulletin of the air navigation. Paris: January 1874 to December 1876. 3 volumes in-8; series of three years of this monthly publication, from the seventh to the ninth year. Modest period half-percaline boards, worn and partly loose, but quite good condition inside, with the covers of the issues preserved.

Estimate
200 € - 300 €
HAUVEL, Charles. From Paris to Marseille - 6 hours journey - Price of seats: 4 Francs. Paris: Charles Hauvel, Ingénieur; Paris: Imprimerie Morris Père et Fils, 1872. First edition, in-12; 36 pages. Bound in later blue half cloth, spine with long title, marbled boards, with the original printed cover fully preserved. Irregular foxing, otherwise in very good condition. A novel of anticipation in which a father and his son make a trip from Paris to Timbuktu in a flying machine, starting with the

39 - HAUVEL, Charles. From Paris to Marseille - 6 hours journey - Price of seats: 4 Francs. Paris: Charles Hauvel, Ingénieur; Paris: Imprimerie Morris Père et Fils, 1872. First edition, in-12; 36 pages. Bound in later blue half cloth, spine with long title, marbled boards, with the original printed cover fully preserved. Irregular foxing, otherwise in very good condition. A novel of anticipation in which a father and his son make a trip from Paris to Timbuktu in a flying machine, starting with the

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150 €
BANS, Georges. The Double Ascent of the Jupiter at Le Havre (July 10 and 11, 1892). Paris: Librairie du Collège de France, Imprimerie Veuve Aubert, Versailles, 1892. First edition, in-12; 19p. WITH: 2 autograph letters from Georges Bans, the first one of 3 pages dated October 13, 1892, addressed to the Director of "La Nature" [Gaston Tissandier] concerning a forthcoming nocturnal ascent [probably the one of the "Zenith" which took place on October 19]; the second one of 2p. undated, also addres

40 - BANS, Georges. The Double Ascent of the Jupiter at Le Havre (July 10 and 11, 1892). Paris: Librairie du Collège de France, Imprimerie Veuve Aubert, Versailles, 1892. First edition, in-12; 19p. WITH: 2 autograph letters from Georges Bans, the first one of 3 pages dated October 13, 1892, addressed to the Director of "La Nature" [Gaston Tissandier] concerning a forthcoming nocturnal ascent [probably the one of the "Zenith" which took place on October 19]; the second one of 2p. undated, also addres

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300 €
[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:

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:

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50 €
MEYER-HEINE, H.[ippolyte]. La Photographie en ballon et la Téléphotographie.Conférence de la Société française de photographie. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition, in-8; 31p; 19 figures in the text (photographs, drawings). Bound in contemporary half-chagrin, long title on spine; library copy (double sold) with call number and initials S.F.P. (Société française de photographie) on spine; small tears to paper on boards, upper board partly sunned, otherwise in very good condition

42 - MEYER-HEINE, H.[ippolyte]. La Photographie en ballon et la Téléphotographie.Conférence de la Société française de photographie. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition, in-8; 31p; 19 figures in the text (photographs, drawings). Bound in contemporary half-chagrin, long title on spine; library copy (double sold) with call number and initials S.F.P. (Société française de photographie) on spine; small tears to paper on boards, upper board partly sunned, otherwise in very good condition

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100 €
COLLECTIVE (including ADER, BLERIOT, FARMAN, SANTOS-DUMONT...)Golden Book of the Conquest of the Air. [Paris]: Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1909. In-4; edition at 500 copies. Numerous photographic illustrations and hors-texte plates, some in color. Bound in contemporary half-chagrin with corners, gilt head; head and corners rubbed, but a good copy.

43 - COLLECTIVE (including ADER, BLERIOT, FARMAN, SANTOS-DUMONT...)Golden Book of the Conquest of the Air. [Paris]: Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1909. In-4; edition at 500 copies. Numerous photographic illustrations and hors-texte plates, some in color. Bound in contemporary half-chagrin with corners, gilt head; head and corners rubbed, but a good copy.

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180 €
BRUEL, François-Louis. Aeronautical history through painted, sculpted, drawn and engraved monuments, from the origins to 1830. Two hundred reproductions in black and in color. Paris: André Marty, 1909. 2 volumes in-folio; edition at 325 copies (n° 31), Binding of the period in half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 nerves decorated. Beautiful copy of this work remarkably illustrated with reproductions of documents and engravings of the period, some colored with stencil.

44 - BRUEL, François-Louis. Aeronautical history through painted, sculpted, drawn and engraved monuments, from the origins to 1830. Two hundred reproductions in black and in color. Paris: André Marty, 1909. 2 volumes in-folio; edition at 325 copies (n° 31), Binding of the period in half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 nerves decorated. Beautiful copy of this work remarkably illustrated with reproductions of documents and engravings of the period, some colored with stencil.

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550 €
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.

45 - 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.

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60 €
MARCHIS, Lucien. Twenty-five Years of French Aeronautics. [Paris]: Chambre syndicale des industries aéronautiques, 1934.2 large folio volumes; innumerable illustrations and fold-out plans. Vintage binding faded in half-chagrin, good condition inside despite traces of wetness at the foot of the second volume and in the margins of the first and last leaves. Rare work remarkably illustrated. JOINT: DOLLFUS, Charles and BOUCHÉ, Henri: Histoire de l'aéronautique. Paris: L'Illustration, 1932. In-fo

46 - MARCHIS, Lucien. Twenty-five Years of French Aeronautics. [Paris]: Chambre syndicale des industries aéronautiques, 1934.2 large folio volumes; innumerable illustrations and fold-out plans. Vintage binding faded in half-chagrin, good condition inside despite traces of wetness at the foot of the second volume and in the margins of the first and last leaves. Rare work remarkably illustrated. JOINT: DOLLFUS, Charles and BOUCHÉ, Henri: Histoire de l'aéronautique. Paris: L'Illustration, 1932. In-fo

Estimate
200 € - 300 €
AMBROSINI, Raimondo. L'Aereonautica a Bologna. Appunti di cronica raccolti da Raimondo Ambrosini. Bologna: Tipografia di Paolo Neri, 1912. First edition, large in-8; 102p., [1p.], 14 full-page illustrations. Bound in red half-basin, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons, title in full, covers and spine preserved. A very good copy.

47 - AMBROSINI, Raimondo. L'Aereonautica a Bologna. Appunti di cronica raccolti da Raimondo Ambrosini. Bologna: Tipografia di Paolo Neri, 1912. First edition, large in-8; 102p., [1p.], 14 full-page illustrations. Bound in red half-basin, smooth spine decorated with balloon irons, title in full, covers and spine preserved. A very good copy.

Estimate
40 € - 60 €
LOT of 3 books: 1. BANET-RIVET: L'Aéronautique. Paris: Henry May, 1898. In-8; publisher's green cloth binding, illustrations in the text; 2. RENARD, Paul: L'Aéronautique. Paris: Flammarion, 1909. In-12 illustrated with 68 figures, period binding in worn soft basane. 3. Small table of Arts and Crafts. Instructive and amusing work for the use of the youth, 4th edition increased and decorated with new engravings. Paris: Lehuby, 1835, in-12. Bound in contemporary raked calf, stamped on the first b

48 - LOT of 3 books: 1. BANET-RIVET: L'Aéronautique. Paris: Henry May, 1898. In-8; publisher's green cloth binding, illustrations in the text; 2. RENARD, Paul: L'Aéronautique. Paris: Flammarion, 1909. In-12 illustrated with 68 figures, period binding in worn soft basane. 3. Small table of Arts and Crafts. Instructive and amusing work for the use of the youth, 4th edition increased and decorated with new engravings. Paris: Lehuby, 1835, in-12. Bound in contemporary raked calf, stamped on the first b

Estimate
80 € - 120 €
LOT of 4 volumes: 1. BAUDRY DE SAUNIER, L. Eléments de Locomotion Aérienne. A study of all the devices of aerial locomotion: free balloons, dirigible balloons, aeroplanes. Complete description of the main devices, and detailed explanation of their operation. Paris: Baudry de Saunier, 1909. In-8; publisher's percaline illustrated with a Rep airplane on the second board, headbands worn, otherwise a very good copy illustrated with 99 photographs and sketches. 2. BERGET, Alphonse. La Route de l'a

49 - LOT of 4 volumes: 1. BAUDRY DE SAUNIER, L. Eléments de Locomotion Aérienne. A study of all the devices of aerial locomotion: free balloons, dirigible balloons, aeroplanes. Complete description of the main devices, and detailed explanation of their operation. Paris: Baudry de Saunier, 1909. In-8; publisher's percaline illustrated with a Rep airplane on the second board, headbands worn, otherwise a very good copy illustrated with 99 photographs and sketches. 2. BERGET, Alphonse. La Route de l'a

Estimate
150 € - 200 €
LOT of 4 volumes large in-8: TISSANDIER: Memories and stories of a military balloonist of the Loire army, 1870-71. Paris: Dreyfous, 1891. Publisher's polychrome boards with Tissandier's mailing; TISSANDIER: Same title, in half-chagrin; TISSANDIER: Histoire de mes ascensions; TAUNAY, Alfonso de E.: Bartholomeu de Gusmao e a sua prioridade aerostatica. S. Paulo, 1935. Set in average condition, foxing.

50 - LOT of 4 volumes large in-8: TISSANDIER: Memories and stories of a military balloonist of the Loire army, 1870-71. Paris: Dreyfous, 1891. Publisher's polychrome boards with Tissandier's mailing; TISSANDIER: Same title, in half-chagrin; TISSANDIER: Histoire de mes ascensions; TAUNAY, Alfonso de E.: Bartholomeu de Gusmao e a sua prioridade aerostatica. S. Paulo, 1935. Set in average condition, foxing.

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60 €
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