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[FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, BARTHÉLEMY.] Des Ballons Aérostatiques, de la manière de les construire, de les faire élever. 5 engraved plates on 4 leaves. [2], xxxv, [1], 295 pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 morocco, flat spine attractively gilt; small paper fault in A1 affecting a couple of letters. Lausanne: J. P. Heubach & Comp. 1784
Scarce Swiss piracy of the 1783-84 work by Faujas on the ballooning experiments of the Montgolfier brothers. Printing and the Mind of Man 229 (original edition); Liebmann & Wahl 1000 (this edition).
