Histoire de mes Ascensions. Récit de Vingt-Quatre Voyages aëriens 1868-1877 précédé de simples Notions sur les Ballons et la Navigation aérienne

by Gaston Tissandier

$2,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Numerous illus. & plates several double-page by Albert Tissandier; one folding table printed on both sides & one folding map. viii, 344 pp. Large 8vo, fine orig. red sheep a few tiny defects , panelled in gilt, with the initials of Albert Tissandier on upper cover “A.T.” , spine nicely gilt, a.e.g. Paris: M. Dreyfous, 1878. First edition, the copy of Albert Tissandier, the illustrator of this book and brother of the author. Gaston Tissandier

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