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. 8 o (204 x 122 mm). 2 engraved folding plates (slight creasing). (Ink number stamp on A2.) Contemporary calf (joints rubbed and a bit weak). Provenance : Marquis of Clanricarde (armorial bookplate). 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. See Maggs Aerostation , nos. 50 and 60.
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. 8 o (204 x 122 mm). 2 engraved folding plates (slight creasing). (Ink number stamp on A2.) Contemporary calf (joints rubbed and a bit weak). Provenance : Marquis of Clanricarde (armorial bookplate). 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. See Maggs Aerostation , nos. 50 and 60.
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