Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere

by Hatton Turnor, Christopher

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition. Illustrated with 39 full page plates of portraits of famous Aeronauts and their Ascents including Icararus as the Frontispiece and 51 vignettes in the text. xxiii, 530 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in modern quarter green morocco and cloth. About fine. Brockett 12110; Gamble 373; Liebman-Wahl 676; L'Art Ancien Catalogue Flight, #250; Tissandier p. 61; Zeilinger, Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica 20759. Item #319096

• Binding: Leather

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