Search Results: an account of the first aerial by lunardi vincent

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Frontispiece portrait of the author by Richard Cosway; two folding plates : "The English balloon and appendages in which Mr. Lunardi ascended into the Atmosphere..." and "Apparatus for filling Mr. Lunardi's balloon." Original sturdy full gilt ruled red morocco. Large gilt "A" to head of spine followed by title; gilt inner dentelles, gilt tooled edges. Tasteful bookplate of Revernd Richard Dickson to front pastedown together with small circular plate of Frances L. Dickson. Sixty-six oddly paginated pages (pp. 25-32 numbered 33-40, without loss & with proper catchwords) followed by Explanation of the Plates and one page of publisher's advertisements . A nicely bound copy without the usual losses. ; 12 mo; 67,[i] pages; 13 x 20.5 cm.; Signed by Author; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

London, printed for the Author and sold at the Pantheon; also by the Publisher, J Bell, at the British Library and at Mr Molinis, Woodstock-street,1784.. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE,1784. Slim 8vo, approximately 215 x 125 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, engraved portrait frontispiece of Lunardi, 2 folding engraved plates, pages: (4), 1-66 plus 1 page of explanation of the plates, adverts on verso, contemporary half calf, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt decoration to spine, marbled boards. Binding slightly rubbed, boards slightly faded at top edges, offset to plates and first page, neat old ink name at top of title page, his bookplate on first pastedown, another of Lord Stanely of Alderley on first free endpaper and a blind stamp, small neat repair to 1 top margin, not near text, endpapers slightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 58, listing a second edition; The Eagle Aloft by Crouch, pages 77-78; ESTC T18821. Three editions… Read More

London: for the Author, 1784, 1784. FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-15/16" x 5-7/16", signed by Lunardi on the cover / half title, variant 2 with catchword on page 48 "I have" and final line of text "the subject of my ascension", 2 folding engraved plates, pages: (iv)66pp. & 1 page of explanation of the plates, adverts on verso, complete, uncut as issued with the original stitching, housed in a blue cloth clamshell slipcase, gilt lettered red leather spine label, occasional foxing, first and last leaf slightly darkened from handeling, otherwise A VERY GOOD UNCUT COPY. This book was published within a month of Lunardi's flight on 15th September 1784 from the Artillery ground at Moorfields to near Ware, a distance of about 24 miles. This was the first flight in England, being preceded in Great Britain only by Tytler in Scotland.

, [6] 66 [6], 39 pages, 3 plates comprising engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cosway and two folding engraved plates, publisher's list to final leaf verso of An Account of the First Aerial Voyage. Second volume has drop title with cropped imprint at foot, including tables of observations made at Hackney Wick, at the moment the balolon was seen rising over the trees, and a folding equation table for the barometer (Journal). Front free endpaper inscribed Robert Todd, June. 12. 1909, From The Beaufoy Library Sale with bookplate to front pastedown