Balloon Madness - Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783-1786
by Brant, Clare
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1783272538
- ISBN 13
- 9781783272532
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Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press (an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd.), 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine. 343pp. 8 colour plates and several b/w illustrations in text. In this book the author isolates three years in the 1780s when the air balloon, pioneered by the French, captured the British imagination. Brant uses the balloon as a metaphor for the Enlightenment itself, as a concept of limitless possibilities..
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- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
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- Title
- Balloon Madness - Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783-1786
- Author
- Brant, Clare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1783272538
- ISBN 13
- 9781783272532
- Publisher
- Boydell Press (an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd.)
- Place of Publication
- Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- montgolfier, hot air balloon
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