| FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthelemi |
| Description des experiences de la machine aerostatique de MM de Montgolfier |
| Paris: Cuchet, 1783 - 84 |
| First edition (second issue of volume I) |
| 2 vols, 8vo, 215 x 140 mm, 14 engraved plates. |
| Original printers wrappers, uncut and unopened. |
| The first published description of manned balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, the seminal moment in the history of aeronautics. |
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| The ascent of the Montgolfier brothers' balloon from Versailles in September, 1783. |
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| The historic first manned free flight, over Paris in November 1783. |