GENET, EDMOND CHARLES. Memorial of the Upward Forces of Fluids. Albany, 1825. With 6 engraved plates and one folding table. 8vo, original printed boards, spine repaired; embossed library stamp on title and one text leaf, some foxing and light dampstaining. FIRST EDITION. Howes G100; Aeronautical Americana 9; Streeter sale VII: 3974 ("The first book printed in the United States on practical aeronautics and on the first patent for an aeronautical invention...").