Collectif - Voyages Aériens - 1870

Charming illustrated edition with a frontispiece portrait, a half-title, 117 off-text wood engravings, 6 chromolithographs and 15 diagrams or maps -

The collection offers a series of descriptions of balloon flights, their technical conditions and the sensations experienced by the aeronauts, emphasizing the scientific, adventurous, and sometimes spectacular aspect of these explorations -

A presentation of the physical principles of balloon ascent accompanies the narratives, notably the properties of gases, the inflation devices and the issues of steering and stability at altitude -

An important narrative dimension emerges from the testimonies, where landscapes observed from the heights, atmospheric changes and the unforeseen events of the journey contribute to feeding the imagination of aerial discovery -

Collectif - Voyages Aériens - 1870 - L. Hachette et Cie -
612 Pages.

Good binding condition, the work in its edition half-leather binding, green percaline boards, light signs of wear, the lower hinge of the first board superficially split for about 2 cm, without impact on the solidity of the work, beautiful gilt edges, spine with raised cords nicely decorated, gilded lettering, cold-stamped fillets framing the boards -

Good interior condition, some foxing, title pages printed in red and black, the work enriched with a frontispiece portrait, a half-title, 117 off-text wood engravings, 6 chromolithographies and 15 diagrams or maps, modern endpapers in good condition, a fine copy -

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