Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 290

Price Realized: $ 625
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CAVALLO, TIBERIUS. The History and Practice of Aerostation. 2 folding engraved plates, plus 3 plates from an unidentified edition of Faujas de Saint-Fond's work on the balloon experiments of the Montgolfier brothers. viii, 326, [8] pages. bound with his: Description, and Use, of the Telescopical Mother-of-Pearl Micrometer. [4], 41 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 209x128 mm, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining brittle and chipped original backstrip; scattered light foxing, plates toned and offset. London: printed for the Author, and sold by C. Dilly et al., 1785; 1793

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first editions. The first work is the first English-language scientific treatise on ballooning, with an extensive discussion of 18th-century ascents. Brockett 2610; Hodgson, pages 95-97.