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FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthlemy de (1743-1819). Description des expriences de la machine arostatique de MM. de Montgolfier et de celles auxquelles cette dcouverte a donn lieu. -Premire suite de la description... [Vol. 2]. Paris: [Chardon for] Cuchet, 1783-84.
2 volumes, 8o (190 x 122 mm). 14 engraved plates including 2 frontispieces, most by N. Launay after Charles de Lorimer, folding table. Modern quarter sheep antique.
FIRST EDITION, second issue of the first volume, with the four-page supplement at end. "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM), a detailed historical and technical account of the first ballon flights carried out in 1783 by the brothers Etienne and Joseph de Montgolfier, written by one of their principal sponsors. Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 769. (2)
2 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION, second issue of the first volume, with the four-page supplement at end. "THE FIRST SERIOUS TREATISE ON AEROSTATION AS A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY" (PMM), a detailed historical and technical account of the first ballon flights carried out in 1783 by the brothers Etienne and Joseph de Montgolfier, written by one of their principal sponsors. Dibner Heralds of Science 179; PMM 229; Norman 769. (2)