Astra castra : experiments and adventures in the atmosphere / by Hatton Turnor
1865, 1st edition. London : Chapman and Hall. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat scratched, bumped, rubbed as with age and torn (with some loss). Scattered foxing internally. Item #401761
Physical description; xxiii, 530 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 32 cm. Notes; Title in red and black. "Roll of the first 500 aeronauts, with the date and place of their first ascents": p. [457]-462. "Books hitherto published on aerostation": p. 463-465. Contents; Partial contents: "Roll of the first 500 aeronauts, with the date and place of their first ascents": p.[457]-462. Subjects; Ballooning History. Aeronautics History. Balloonists ; Biography. Balloons. Balloon ascensions. Ballons. Ballons Ascension. Aéronautique Histoire. Aéronautes ; Biographies. Ballonger historia. Aeromechanics Aeronautics Balloons Hot Air History Development. Physics Engineering Power and transport.
Price: €225.00