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FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthlemy de (1743-1819). Description des expriences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu. Paris: [Chardon for] Cuchet, 1783.
Volume one (of 2), 8o (213 x 136 mm). 9 engraved plates including frontispieces, most by N. Launay after Charles de Lorimer, folding table (some dampstaining at beginning and end, affecting plates). ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, UNCUT (chipping and splitting to spine and edges); cloth chemise and slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, first issue of the first volume, without the four-page supplement at end. "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM), a detailed historical and technical account of the first ballon flights carried out in 1783 by the brothers Etienne and Joseph de Montgolfier, written by one of their principal sponsors. Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 769.
Volume one (of 2), 8
FIRST EDITION, first issue of the first volume, without the four-page supplement at end. "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM), a detailed historical and technical account of the first ballon flights carried out in 1783 by the brothers Etienne and Joseph de Montgolfier, written by one of their principal sponsors. Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 769.