LUNARDI, Vicenzo (1759-1806). An Account of the first Aerial Voyage in England in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, London: printed for the author, 1784. 8° (223 x 131mm.). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding plates. (Lacking half title, portrait cropped at margins and laid-down, small hole at upper margin throughout, some leaves frayed at fore-edges, occasional spotting, browning and dampstaining). Modern morocco-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. The work gives an account of how, on 15 September 1784, Vicenzo Lunardi made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in England.