Ballooning history from 1783 to 1883
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French collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1783 to 1883. Sheet of 10 uncut cards; individually numbered and issued as "Collection 476", "1re série."
No. 1. Les frères Montgolfier ... (1883) -- No. 2. 1re expérience aerostatique a Annonay (1783) -- No. 3. Charles lance ... à Paris le premier aérostat (1783) -- No. 4. Premier voyage aérien ... Pilâtre de Rozier et d'Arlandes (1783) -- No. 5. Premier voyage aérien ... par Charles et Robert (1783) -- No. 6. 1er essai de direction de ballons ...(1784 Guyton de Morveau) -- No. 7. Traversée en balon du Pas-de-Calais par Blanchard et Jefferies (1785) -- No. 8. Mort de Pilâtre de Rozier et de Romain (1785) -- No. 9. Les Aérostiers de la première République -- No. 10. L'Entreprenant, ballon monté par Coutelle ... bataille de Fleurus.
Published in Paris : Romanet & cie., imp. edit., between 1890 and 1900.
Tags: Balloons, Cards, Collections, France, French, Aviation
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