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. |