L'INSTRUCTION POPULARISEE PAR L'ILLUSTRATION. SOUS LA DIRECTION DE M. BESCHERELLE AINE. HISTOIRE DES BALLONS ET DES LOCOMOTIVES A RIENNES DEPUIS DEDALE JUSQU'A PETIN. . . ILLUSTREE PAR H. EMY, ETC. [History of Balloons and Locomotives.]. This item is unavailable.L'INSTRUCTION POPULARISEE PAR L'ILLUSTRATION. SOUS LA DIRECTION DE M. BESCHERELLE AINE. HISTOIRE DES BALLONS ET DES LOCOMOTIVES A RIENNES DEPUIS DEDALE JUSQU'A PETIN. . . ILLUSTREE PAR H. EMY, ETC. [History of Balloons and Locomotives.]

Bound in relatively modern blue buckram cloth. Hardcover: H 29.75cm x L 20.5cm. Light rubbing to boards; white streaks to rear board; light scuffing to spine ends and board corner tips. 32 pages plus covers. Original front and rear paper covers well toned and soiled with edge-wear; front cover has binder's paper reinforcement at edges with tears/creases at spine corners. Front cover's recto has bookplate of Bella C. Landauer (Bella Clara Fackenthal Landauer) a renowned collector of ephemera, sheet music, aeronautica, and trade cards along with two glued-in balloon-related newspaper clippings with one dated from June 1862 regarding balloon use at the Battle of Richmond. Some foxing to interior leaves; modern red ink margin marks on page 26. Double-column text all in French. Binding is firm.