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FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthlemy de (1743-1819). Description des expriences de la machine arostatique de MM. Montgolfier et de celles auxquelles cette dcouverte donn lieu. Paris: [Chardon for] Cuchet, 1783.
Volume I only (of 2), 8o (195 x 125 mm.) 9 engraved plates including frontispiece, most by N. Launay after Charles de Lorimer, folding table. Contemporary quarter calf, and marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettered red leather label.
Provenance: Madame la Comtesse d'Anveran? (presentation inscription from the author on title: " Madame la Comtesse d'Anveran[?] de la part de l'auteur" [cropped]).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY OF "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM). Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 770.
Volume I only (of 2), 8
Provenance: Madame la Comtesse d'Anveran? (presentation inscription from the author on title: " Madame la Comtesse d'Anveran[?] de la part de l'auteur" [cropped]).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY OF "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM). Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 770.