Feb 02, 2006 - Sale 2065

Sale 2065 - Lot 1

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AERONAUTICS.) Knight, John; editor. Mechanics' Magazine, and Register of Inventions and Improvements. Group of 17 scattered issues (a few monthly, but mostly weekly) from February to December 1834, including a September 1834 issue containing a letter to the editor signed B.G.N. describing an aeronautic steam car and an 8 November 1834 issue with a letter to the editor from Rufus Porter describing his "Travelling Balloon, or Flying Machine," both with illustrations of the vessels. Numerous illustrations throughout. 8vo, early 1/2 calf, defective; scattered minor foxing. New York: Minor and Challis, 1834

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one of the earliest published plans for an american flying machine.