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AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,

AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,

AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his
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AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,

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London, printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, Bookseller To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, and J. Creech Edinburgh, MDCCLXXXVl, (1786).. TITLE CONTINUED: Secretary to the late Neapolitan Ambassador, First Aerial Traveller in England, an Honorary Member of the Hon. Artillery Company of the City of London, Royal Archer of Scotland, Citizen of Edinburgh, Cupar, St. Andrew's, Hawick. FIRST EDITION 1786. 8vo, approximately 205 x 120 mm, 8¼ x 4¾ inches, hand coloured engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates with dividing tissue guard, pages: [6] including half-title,1-114, plus [2] explanation of the plate on verso, bound in full contemporary sheep, stained to resemble tree calf, red morocco gilt lettered label and gilt rules to spine. Binding slighly rubbed, upper hinge cracked but firmly attached, slight cracking to lower hinge, small chip to head of spine on upper and lower hinges, slight wear to corners with board showing at tips, stabholes to inner margins, pale stain to edges of pastedowns and endpapers at front and rear, 2 small pale stains to margins of page 65/66, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce edition with the uncommon hand coloured frontispiece. See: Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 58; ESTC N15907. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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AN ACCOUNT OF FIVE AERIAL VOYAGES IN SCOTLAND, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, Written Under The Impression Of The Various Events That Affected The Undertaking, by Vincent Lunardi,
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LUNARDI, Vincent.:
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London, printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, Bookseller To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, and J. Creech Edinbur
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Keywords
hot air balloons aviation aerial balloon ascensions scotland flight

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