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LILIENTHAL, Otto (1848-1896). Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst. Berlin: R. Gaertners, 1889.
8o (228 x 153 mm). Chromolithographed frontispiece of soaring storks, 8 lithographed folding diagrammatic plates and 80 wood-engaved diagrams or illustrations in text. Original brown cloth, paneled in black and lettered in gilt, spine gilt lettered and decorated. Provenance: Prachtenberg (ink signature on verso of plate).
FIRST EDITION of the foundation book of modern aviation, in which Lilienthal presented his studies of the bird flight and applied the results to the problem of human flight. Brockett, p. 520; Norman 1353. A fine copy.
8o (228 x 153 mm). Chromolithographed frontispiece of soaring storks, 8 lithographed folding diagrammatic plates and 80 wood-engaved diagrams or illustrations in text. Original brown cloth, paneled in black and lettered in gilt, spine gilt lettered and decorated. Provenance: Prachtenberg (ink signature on verso of plate).
FIRST EDITION of the foundation book of modern aviation, in which Lilienthal presented his studies of the bird flight and applied the results to the problem of human flight. Brockett, p. 520; Norman 1353. A fine copy.