LANA TERZI, Francesco (1631-87).  Prodromo overo saggio di alcune inventioni nuove premesso all' arte maestro, Brescia: Rizzardi, 1670. 2° (335 x 238mm.). 20 engraved plates, 18 printed on the rectos of 9 bifolia, 2 printed on 2 single sheets, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, letterpress tables, one full-page. (Occasional light spotting, restored holes on leaves A1-3). Contemporary paper-covered boards bound into modern cloth chemise. (Later endpapers). FIRST EDITION. A work that represents "the earliest concept of flight derived from demonstrable aerostatic principles" (Norman). cf. Brunet III, 823: "Il est à remarquer que l' on trouve dans cet ouvrage la figure et description d' un aérostat" (illustrated).
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LANA TERZI, Francesco (1631-87). Prodromo overo saggio di alcune inventioni nuove premesso all' arte maestro, Brescia: Rizzardi, 1670. 2° (335 x 238mm.). 20 engraved plates, 18 printed on the rectos of 9 bifolia, 2 printed on 2 single sheets, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, letterpress tables, one full-page. (Occasional light spotting, restored holes on leaves A1-3). Contemporary paper-covered boards bound into modern cloth chemise. (Later endpapers). FIRST EDITION. A work that represents "the earliest concept of flight derived from demonstrable aerostatic principles" (Norman). cf. Brunet III, 823: "Il est à remarquer que l' on trouve dans cet ouvrage la figure et description d' un aérostat" (illustrated).

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LANA TERZI, Francesco (1631-87). Prodromo overo saggio di alcune inventioni nuove premesso all' arte maestro, Brescia: Rizzardi, 1670. 2° (335 x 238mm.). 20 engraved plates, 18 printed on the rectos of 9 bifolia, 2 printed on 2 single sheets, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, letterpress tables, one full-page. (Occasional light spotting, restored holes on leaves A1-3). Contemporary paper-covered boards bound into modern cloth chemise. (Later endpapers). FIRST EDITION. A work that represents "the earliest concept of flight derived from demonstrable aerostatic principles" (Norman). cf. Brunet III, 823: "Il est à remarquer que l' on trouve dans cet ouvrage la figure et description d' un aérostat" (illustrated).