![CHARLES, Jacques Alexandre César (1746-1823). Représentation du globe aérostatique qui s'est éléve de dessus l'un des bassins du jardin royal des Thuilleries Le 1.er le récit de son voyage aérien. [Paris, 1783].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/NYR/2003_NYR_01201_0044_000(054045).jpg?w=1)
Details
CHARLES, Jacques Alexandre César (1746-1823). Représentation du globe aérostatique qui s'est éléve de dessus l'un des bassins du jardin royal des Thuilleries Le 1.er le récit de son voyage aérien. [Paris, 1783].
8o (258 x 199 mm). 8 leaves. Two engraved folding plates of the balloon flight, each partly colored by hand (second with small repaired tear on verso). (Some light browning and soiling at edges, red ink number stamp on first text leaf.) Later decorated boards (light wear and soiling).
A VERY RARE PAMPHLET describing the first manned flight with a hydrogen-filled balloon, made just 10 days after the first manned hot-aired flight by the Montgolfier brothers. On August 27, 1783, Charles' first balloon--hardly four meters in diameter--gathered a big crowd of Parisians at the Champs de Mars (where the Eiffel Tower is today). The balloon was made of silk with a cover of rubber solution varnish to keep the hydrogen inside, and ascended to a height of nearly 3,000 feet. Not in Maggs Aerostation.
8o (258 x 199 mm). 8 leaves. Two engraved folding plates of the balloon flight, each partly colored by hand (second with small repaired tear on verso). (Some light browning and soiling at edges, red ink number stamp on first text leaf.) Later decorated boards (light wear and soiling).
A VERY RARE PAMPHLET describing the first manned flight with a hydrogen-filled balloon, made just 10 days after the first manned hot-aired flight by the Montgolfier brothers. On August 27, 1783, Charles' first balloon--hardly four meters in diameter--gathered a big crowd of Parisians at the Champs de Mars (where the Eiffel Tower is today). The balloon was made of silk with a cover of rubber solution varnish to keep the hydrogen inside, and ascended to a height of nearly 3,000 feet. Not in Maggs Aerostation.