CAVALLO, Tiberius (1749-1809). The History and Practice of Aerostation. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by C. Dilly; P Elmsly and John Stockdale, 1785. 8o (210 x 125 mm). 2 engraved folding plates (short tears at sheet edges). Modern quarter calf. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE TREATISE ON BALLOONING. Cavallo's treatise traces experiments in flight from Greco-Roman times to 1785. The majority of the volume is devoted to his contemporaries, the Montgolfiers, Blanchard and Lunardi.

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CAVALLO, Tiberius (1749-1809). The History and Practice of Aerostation. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by C. Dilly; P Elmsly and John Stockdale, 1785. 8o (210 x 125 mm). 2 engraved folding plates (short tears at sheet edges). Modern quarter calf. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE TREATISE ON BALLOONING. Cavallo's treatise traces experiments in flight from Greco-Roman times to 1785. The majority of the volume is devoted to his contemporaries, the Montgolfiers, Blanchard and Lunardi.