An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a Series of Letters to His Guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, Written Under the Impressions of the Various Events That Affected the Undertaking

Published by Printed for the Author; and Sold at the Pantheon; Also By the Publisher, J. Bell, at the British Library, Strand; and at Mr. Molini's, Woodstock-Street, London, 1784

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[5], 2-66pp, [2], plates. Modern half morocco and cloth by W. H. Smith and Sons, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, author to fourth, t.e.g. Externally very good. Internally the ffep has a former owners name of J. D. M. Tinline, and date of 1909, some light browning, light off setting from plates, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Signed by Lunardi with the number 411 to half-title. With a stipple engraved frontispiece of the author by F.[rancesco] Bartolozzi (see Alexander, 'A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers 1714-1820', pages 87-90), after Richard Cosway, and two folding engravings showing the balloon and the apparatus; the final leaf with the explanation of the plates and advert to verso is present. ESTC T18821, with the catchword 'the' on page 48. Brockett, 'Bibliography of Aeronautics', 7816 Size: 8vo.

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Title
An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a Series of Letters to His Guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, Written Under the Impressions of the Various Events That Affected the Undertaking
Author
Lunardi, Vincent
Publisher
Printed for the Author; and Sold at the Pantheon; Also By the Publisher, J. Bell, at the British Library, Strand; and at Mr. Molini's, Woodstock-Street, London
Publication year
1784
Condition
Good+
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Signed by Author
Binding
Hardback
Edition
First Edition.
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