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FAUJAS de SAINT-FOND (Barthélémy): Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, Et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu [...]. Paris, Cuchet, 1783. One volume. 11.5 by 19 cm. Frontispiece-XL-299-(3) pages and a folding table and 8 engravings (from 1 to 9, except 5, placed in frontispiece, as often). Complete. Contemporary full marbled basane, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, ochre title page. Minor spotting, otherwise very good condition. Some foxing, light wetness in lower margin on first and last leaves. One dusty page at end of volume. First edition of the first work to describe the first aeronautical experiment... A second volume, following this one and recounting the experiment held at the Château de la Muette, was published in 1784.

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FAUJAS de SAINT-FOND (Barthélémy): Description des expérienc

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