An account of the first aërial voyage in England : in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking / by Vincent Lunardi ..

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Notes: With half title.; Stipple-engraved rontispiece portrait is signed: Rd. Cosway deliniavit; F. Bartolozzi sculpsit.; Page [1] (3rd group) gives an explanation of the plates; a publisher's advertisement appears on page [2] (3rd group).; Signatures: [A]² B-I⁴ K².; English short title catalogue T018821

author: Lunardi, Vincent 1759-1806
illustrator: Cosway, Richard 1740-1821
engraver: Bartolozzi, Francesco 1727-1815
bookseller: Bell, John 1745-1831
former owner: Carruthers, John Franklin Bruce 1889-1960 DSI; Hollond, Robert DSI; Means, James 1853-1920 DSI; Stuart, C. G. B. DSI; Tissandier, Gaston 1843-1899 DSI; Upcott, William 1779-1845 DSI
inscriber: Lunardi, Vincent 1759-1806 DSI
associated name: National Aviation Club (U.S.) DSI
former owner: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI
Author: Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection DSI
Subject: Lunardi, Vincent 1759-1806

Physical description: [4], 66, [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates (two folded) : illustrations (engravings), portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)