Unknown - Ascension Aérostatique oder Luft-Fahrt

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Unknown designer; a single 1831 Munich broadside poster titled Ascension Aérostatique oder Luft-Fahrt, 52 × 44 cm, in excellent condition, depicting the ascent of a balloon with a gondola modeled as a ship.

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Balloon flight. - With the highest official authorization, Mr. Berra will perform his great aerostatic ascent or air-journey. Munich, 25 September 1831. A single-sheet print with a small woodcut and typographic text in a border. Plate size: 52 x 44 cm.

The ascent took place in the Tivoli (a small district at the northern English Garden); accompanied by an orchestra, Berra will cause the balloon, whose gondola is modeled after a ship, to rise to about 3000 feet in height, after which he will let it ascend and descend several times in order finally to rise so high that the balloon can hardly be reached with the naked eye." - But: "If the weather is not favorable, the air voyage will be postponed to the first fine day."

Balloon flight. - With the highest official authorization, Mr. Berra will perform his great aerostatic ascent or air-journey. Munich, 25 September 1831. A single-sheet print with a small woodcut and typographic text in a border. Plate size: 52 x 44 cm.

The ascent took place in the Tivoli (a small district at the northern English Garden); accompanied by an orchestra, Berra will cause the balloon, whose gondola is modeled after a ship, to rise to about 3000 feet in height, after which he will let it ascend and descend several times in order finally to rise so high that the balloon can hardly be reached with the naked eye." - But: "If the weather is not favorable, the air voyage will be postponed to the first fine day."

Details

Era
1400-1900
Designer/artist
Unknown
Poster title
Ascension Aérostatique oder Luft-Fahrt
Subject
Curio & ephemera
Condition
A (excellent - mint condition)
Number of objects
1
Height
52 cm
Width
44 cm
GermanyVerified
625
Objects sold
100%
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