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Robert Cocking.
Robert Cocking. The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon, with the Parachute attached. 24.th July 1837. This Sketch exhibits the Parachute with Mr. Cocking, in the three stages of the descent.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 230 x 355mm (9 x 14''). Trimmed and creased in centre.
A portrait of Robert Cocking (1776-1837) flanked by two scene showing events before his death. Robert Cocking devised a parachute which was attached to the balloon operated by Edward Spencer (1799-1849) and his partner Charles Green (1785-1870) and let loose. Unfortunately, the parachute was poorly designed and too heavy so broke and Cocking was killed on impact.
[Ref: 48937]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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"Vanity Fair" Supplement Men of the Day No. 1303. "All British" (M.r S F. Cody)
Alick. P.F. Ritchie. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lt.d lith.
[n.d., 1 Nov 1911]
Chromolithograph with supplementary text, sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), large margins. Crease top right corner.
Full length portrait of Samuel Franklin Cowdery (1867 – 1913), known as Samuel Franklin Cody, USA born Wild West showman, early pioneer of manned flight and inventor of the Cody kite used by the British military. He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane built in Britain. His flight of 16 October 1908 is recognised as the first official flight of a piloted heavier-than-air machine in Great Britain. He set various British flight distance and endurance records and won prizes in flight competitions such as the Michelin Cup in 1911.
[Ref: 56968]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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An exact representation of the first Aerial ship The Eagle,
An exact representation of the first Aerial ship The Eagle, now exhibiting at the grounds of The Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, facing Kensington Gardens.
Sold by Mess.rs Ackermann & Co. Strand, C. Tilt Fleet St. Reeves & Sons, Cheapside. Riddle & Meynatt, P. N. Row, McLean Haymarket, & T. Bird, 145 Oxford St. [n.d., c.1800.]
Lithograph, 240 x 310mm. Trimmed close to image; vertical crease at centre of image; paper along top edge shows signs of having previously been glued; mounted
Illustration of a balloon equipped with paddles, with a description of its functions.
[Ref: 8251]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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An exact representation of the first Aerial Ship the Eagle.
An exact representation of the first Aerial Ship the Eagle. Now exhibiting publickly at the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society Victoria Road opposite Kensington Gardens at 1s Each.
London. Published for the Proprietor by Mes Ackermann Strand, C Tilt Fleet St, Reeve & Sons Cheapside, Riddle & Meymott P.N.Row. [n.d., c.1834.]
Fine lithograph. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12"). Creased on right bottom.
The Eagle was a paddle-driven balloon designed by the Comte de Lennox in 1834 to provide transport between the capitals of Europe. However, the ship was too heavy to fly and was destroyed by spectators at the Champ de Mars in Paris after a failed take-off in August 1834. A detailed description of the machine's weight, dimensions and parts below the image.
[Ref: 57002]   £320.00  
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An Exact Representation of the First Aerial Ship, the Eagle.
An Exact Representation of the First Aerial Ship, the Eagle. Now exhibiting in the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, opposite Kensington Gardens.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Scarce wood engraving with hand colour. Sheet 205 x 245mm (8 x 10"). Restoration to bottom edge with loss to letterpress key.
The Eagle was a paddle-driven balloon designed by the Comte de Lennox in 1834 to provide transport between the capitals of Europe. However, the ship was too heavy to fly and was destroyed by spectators at the Champ de Mars in Paris after a failed take-off in August 1834. A detailed description of the machine's weight, dimensions and parts below the image.
[Ref: 57003]   £450.00  
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[Joseph Kaufmann's flying machine] Mechanische Technik. Taf. 34.
[Joseph Kaufmann's flying machine] Mechanische Technik. Taf. 34.
Druck und Verlag von F.A. Brockhaus in Leipzig [n.d., c.1870].
Wood engraving. Sheet 270 x 345mm (10½ x 13½"). Small tear repaired, some foxing.
A sheet of 15 numbered vignette illustrations, of which 14 show designs and uses of balloons. The exception is the most interesting, '14 Flugmachine von Kaufmann'. This was a steam-powered flying machine designed in 1867 by Joseph Kaufmann, a mechanical engineer from Glasgow, with a 40-horsepower steam engine weighing over 5,000 pounds, driving a pair of flapping 35 feet long wings. A large ball was suspended below the aerial machine for stability. He presented a lecture on his experiments to the Glasgow Mechanics Institute in 1869, with a working model. After the wings of the model broke off, the lecture ended and no further reports of Kaufmann's machine exist.
[Ref: 56956]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A New Flying Machine upon D.r Musgrave's Plan, that moves with ye same Rapidity as Mr. Moore's machine without Horses.
A New Flying Machine upon D.r Musgrave's Plan, that moves with ye same Rapidity as Mr. Moore's machine without Horses.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. 110 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A satirical engraving, with Lord Bute in a flying machine cranked by a devil, surrounded by money bags. He says 'waft me to Bareges, or any where but to Tower Hill', to which the devil replies 'Now I've got you, Head & all; I was afraid I should have had only the Trunk'. On the Princess Augusta clasps her hands saying ''And art thou fled, so is my Happiness''. Samuel Musgrave (1732-80) lived in Paris when the 1763 Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War. He believed British representatives (including Bute) had sold out to the French, allowing a treaty unfavourable to British interests (for example allowing the return of the Newfoundland fisheries). In 1769 Musgrave published a pamphlet in Devon, suggesting that France had bribed them. The following year the House of Commons decided that the charges were unsubstantiated.
BM Satire: 4212.
[Ref: 59965]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Mons.r Garnerin, the Intrepid Aeronaut.
Mons.r Garnerin, the Intrepid Aeronaut.
[n.d., 1800.]
Engraving. 175 x 120mm.
André-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) was the inventor of the frameless parachute. Following capture by British troops in the Napoleonic wars he was involved in the flight of hot air balloons.
[Ref: 8236]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Gloster VI. Calshot 1929.
Gloster VI. Calshot 1929.
Geoffrey Watson 1931 [signed in pencil and etched in plate.]
Etching with pencil signature, limited edition 18/25. Plate 240 x 299mm. 9½ x 11¾".
The Gloster IV was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy. By Geoffrey Watson (d.1937), known for his images of plans and aircraft.
Original oil held in the Royal Air Force Museum.
[Ref: 26664]   £460.00  
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Vanity Fair Supplement. [Men of the Day No. 2219.]
Vanity Fair Supplement. [Men of the Day No. 2219.] "Claudie." (C. Graham. White.)
Tec. Hentschel- Colourtype London
[n.d., 10 May 1911.]
Chromolithograph with supplementary text, sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length portrait of Claude Grahame-White (1879 – 1959) English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race. Grahame-White's interest in aviation was sparked by Louis Blériot's crossing of the English Channel in 1909. This prompted him to go to France, where he attended the Reims aviation meeting, at which he met Blériot and subsequently enrolled at his flying school. He was one of the first people to qualify as pilot in England. He reached celebrity status in April 1910 when he competed with the French pilot Louis Paulhan for the £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper for the first flight between London and Manchester in under 24 hours. Although Paulhan won the prize, Grahame White's achievement was widely praised.
[Ref: 56969]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st 1785. First ascended on the 10th July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th since which he has made up to this date Jul 9th 1839, Two Hundred and Sixty-nine ascents.
Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st 1785. First ascended on the 10th July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th since which he has made up to this date Jul 9th 1839, Two Hundred and Sixty-nine ascents. [Facsimile signature:] Chas Green.
G.P.Harding, F.S.A. advisam delt. et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Pubd. July 9th 1839, by G.P.Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph on india paper. India 203 x 140. Publisher's blind stamp in bottom right-hand corner. India laid.
Head and shoulders portrait, with a balloon in the background.
[Ref: 19435]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Consultation Previous to an Aerial Voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau, Nov. 7, 1836. W. Prideaux, Esq., W.M.James, Esq., T. Monck Mason, Esq., J. Hollins, A.R.A., Robert Holland, Esq., M.P., Charles Green, Aeronaut.
Consultation Previous to an Aerial Voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau, Nov. 7, 1836. W. Prideaux, Esq., W.M.James, Esq., T. Monck Mason, Esq., J. Hollins, A.R.A., Robert Holland, Esq., M.P., Charles Green, Aeronaut.
Painted by J. Hollins,A.R.A. Engraved by J. H. Robinson, Member of the imperial Academy fo St. Petersburg.
London, Published for the Proprietor, by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6, Pall Mall, Nov. 7. 1843.
Stipple and line engraving, 284 x 203mm.
Scene on a terrace with a balloon in the background with the six men seated at the table with a spread out map. Holland suggested and paid for the 500 mile journey leaving Vauxhall at 1.00pm, 7th November and after flying accross the Channel, Calais, Ypres, Lille, Brussels, Namur, Liege and Spa, the balloon landed eighteen hours later in Weilburg at 7.30am, 8th November. The flight captured the public imagination and set a record for balloon flight that wasn't beaten until the early 20th Century.
BM Vol V Pg.86.
[Ref: 3251]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Vanity Fair Supplement. Men of the Day No. 2284.
Vanity Fair Supplement. Men of the Day No. 2284. "Flight" (M.r Gustave Hamel).
WH [Wallace Hester]. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lt.d lith.
[n.d., 31 Jul 1912].
Chromolithograph with supplementary text, sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), large margins.
Full length portrait of the British aviator Gustav Wilhelm Hamel (1889 – 1914). He learned to fly at the Blériot school at Pau, France in 1910; after observing his first flight Louis Blériot commented that he had never seen a pilot with such natural ability. He paricipated in various competitions, flying displays and a pioneer in aviation; Hamel made the first cross-channel flight with a woman as passenger on 2nd April 1912, when he flew Eleanor Trehawke Davies from Hendon to Paris, he also enabled her to be the first woman to experience looping the loop on 2nd January 1914. Hamel disapeared over the English Channel on 23rd May 1914, it was speculated that this was sabotage but there was no trace of the aircraft and a fishing vessel on 6th July 1914 found a body that matched the description of Hamel.
[Ref: 56970]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Charles Green, The Aeronaut.
Mr. Charles Green, The Aeronaut. From the Original in the possession of Robert Holland Esqr. M.P. To whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his obliged and obedient servants Hodgson & Graves.
Painted by John Hollins, Engraved by G. T. Payne.
London Published June 6, 1838. by Hodgson & Graves Printsellers by Special Appointment to Her Majesty, 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 315 x 395mm. Two repaired tears and a crease inside the plate mark but not effecting the image left and bottom.
Green was the pilot of the 'Nassau' Balloon.
[Ref: 3252]   £360.00  
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Balloon.
Balloon.
[n.d., c.1820].
Engraving with hand colour, sheet 235 x 155mm (9¼ x 6¼"). Cut. Creased. Some surface dirt.
A blue hot air balloon decorated with people floats above the green countryside towards a beaming sun. Two people wave flags from within the basket. Possibly depicting James Sadler (1753 – 1828) and Captain Paget's flight that took off from Mermaid Gardens, Hackney and descended near Tilbury Fort, Essex 12th August 1811.
[Ref: 56933]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Eagle] Das erste Luft-Post-Schiff; genannt der Addler.
[The Eagle] Das erste Luft-Post-Schiff; genannt der Addler.
[n.d., c.1834].
Engraving, sheet 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"). Cut and glued to backing sheet on top two corners. Some time staining.
A German diagram of one of the airships built by Count Lennox, a French colonel of infantry. He built one in France "constructed for establishing direct communication between the capitals of Europe," however before its first flight from the Champ de Mars in August 1834 the netting broke, the inflated balloon burst and spectators trampled the remains. Count Lennox built a second ship in London and exhibited it at the European Aeronautical Soceity which ran from June to August 1835 and later moved to Vauxhall gardens. No ascent in this balloon was ever made.
[Ref: 56931]   £160.00  
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[Balloon Ascent from the Gas Works, Lewes.]
[Balloon Ascent from the Gas Works, Lewes.]
T. Henwood del.t. C. Hullmandel lithog.
[n.d.c., 1828].
Lithograph, sheet 200 x 280mm (7¾ x 11). Trimmed. Repaired tears in edges.
A view of a hot air balloon Cuilfail, Lewes, from School Hill with Baxter’s printing office on the right. Charles Green (1785 –1870) and W.H. Gardiner, Esq made an ascent from Lewes gas works Monday 22nd September 1828.
[Ref: 57071]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Apparatus for filling Mr. Lunardi's Balloon.
Apparatus for filling Mr. Lunardi's Balloon.
[London: J.Bell for the author, 1784?]
Etching, sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed; creased; laid on conservation tissue.
The balloonist Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) famously made the first balloon voyage in England on 15 September 1784, setting out from Moorfields in North London and descending 24 miles away near Ware in Hertfordshire. The event made Lunardi a celebrity and several account were published. This print illustrating the equipment used to fill the balloon was probably issued in Lunardi's own account, 'An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England' (1784).
For a portrait of Lunardi see ref. 4392
[Ref: 37672]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Vincent Lunardi Esq.
Vincent Lunardi Esq.
Nesmith Pinxt. Burke Fecit.
[n.d. c.1784]
Stipple engraving. Plate 191 x 139mm.
[Ref: 4392]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Vincent Lunardi Esq.r
Vincent Lunardi Esq.r Secretary to the Neapolitan Ambassador and the first aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere Sept.r 15th 1784.
Rd. Cosway. Deliniavt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd Octr. 5th 1784 by John Bell British Library Strand.
Stipple engraving sheet 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Time stained.
On September 15,1784, Vincent Lunardi, a young Italian, demonstrated the success of his French predecessors before a great multitude in London including the Prince of Wales and many eminent statesmen. In a hydrogen balloon, brightly decorated, Lunardi ascended with a dog, a cat, and a pigeon, and traveled 24 miles. His friend George Biggin had planned to accompany him, but the impatience of the crowd forced Lunardi to make the attempt before the bag was completely inflated. The British were immediately captivated by the fad of ballooning and Lunardi became the most sought after person in London.
DeV 865 III of IV.
[Ref: 61115]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Vincent Lunardi Esqr.,
Vincent Lunardi Esqr., Secretary to the Neapolitan Ambassador and the first aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere Sept.r 15th 1784.
P. Maguire Sculp.t [after Richard Cosway].
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Thread margins. Very small hole above title.
Portrait of pioneering balloonist Vincent Lunardi (1759-1806), copied from the frontispiece of Lunardi's 'Account of the first Aerial Voyage in England' (1784), engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 52672]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Martinsyde Elephant [in pencil to bottom right.]
Martinsyde Elephant [in pencil to bottom right.]
[n.d. c.1916.]
Pencil drawing, 381 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
The Martinsyde G.100 "Elephant" was a British fighter bomber aircrafy of the First World War. Martinsyde was the manufacturer of British aircraft and motorcycles between 1908 and 1922. This aircraft gained the name "elephant" due to its large size and lack of manoeuvrability.
[Ref: 15532]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. McQuire.
Mr. McQuire. On the 12th of May 1785 ascended in a balloon from Dublin and was driven out to sea, where he was picked up by a vessel almost perished and spend with swimming.
[possibly after John James Barralet.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Etching with very large margins. 140 x 125mm (5½ x 5"). Uncut.
Portrait of Irish aeronaut Richard McGuire, a lieutenant in the 64th Staffordshire Regiment, with his balloon landing in the sea behind him. The first Irish balloon ascent was by Richard Crosbie in January 1785; when attempting another ascent on the 12th May he was unable to take off, so MacGuire offered himself as a substitute, thus becoming Ireland's second aviator. Despite his ignominious landing he was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Dukes of Dorchester 14/4/11; Lot 44.
[Ref: 34563]   £420.00  
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The ascent of the Great Montgolfier Balloon,
The ascent of the Great Montgolfier Balloon, from the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, Thursday May 24th 1838.
H. Harrison 1838 [signed on stone.]
[British, c.1840.]
Rare lithograph, sheet 350 x 215mm. 13¾ x 8½". Minor staining, with horizontal fold between image and inscription. Otherwise good.
A hot-air balloon flight in London using the design of the French brothers Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier, whose balloon was used in the first manned free flight ascent on 21 November 1783. The Royal Surrey Gardens was a pleasure gardens in Kennington, London, slightly east of The Oval. The gardens were the grounds of the manor house of Walworth, and, as can be seen in this image, included a lake of about 3 acres. The site was acquired in 1831 by impresario Edward Cross to be the location of his new Surrey Zoological Gardens, using animals from his menagerie at Exeter Exchange, in competition with the new London Zoo in Regent's Park.
In the Museum of London, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
[Ref: 26218]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Aerostatische Maschine des Herrn von Montgolfier, welche auf Kosten der Koenigle. Akad der Wissenschafften, zu Paris im Garten des Herrn Reveillon den 12 Sept. 1783 zu Stande kam.
Aerostatische Maschine des Herrn von Montgolfier, welche auf Kosten der Koenigle. Akad der Wissenschafften, zu Paris im Garten des Herrn Reveillon den 12 Sept. 1783 zu Stande kam. Tab 4.
[c.1783].
Rare engraving, plate 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with small margins.
A diagram of a Montgolfier (the brothers Joseph-Michel (1740–1810) and Jacques-Étienne (1745–1799)) hot air ballon which was financed by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (Königlich-Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften) and launched from Jean-Baptiste Réveillon's (1725–1811) garden at Folie Titon on 12th September 1783.
[Ref: 57028]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Troisieme Voyage Aerien.
Troisieme Voyage Aerien. Experience faite a Lion le 19 Janvier 1784. Sous la Direction de M.r Joseph Montgolfier avec une Machine Aerostatique de 102 Pieds de Diametre sur 126 de Hauteur. Planche 3. Pag. 67.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, plate 200 x 130mm (8 x 5¼"), with small margins. Small tear in left going into the plate mark but not the image.
A view of the Montgolfier's (Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 –1810) & Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 –1799 )) balloon, le Flesselles (named after Jacques de Flesselles (1730 – 1789)), on it's voyage at Lyon in 1784. This balloon built by the Montgolfiers carried seven passengers as high as 3,000 feet (914 m) however unfortunately gave a rough landing to its passengers.
See Ref: 57654, 57655 & 58172. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58168]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Experience faite a Versaille, en presence de leurs Majestes et de la Famille Royale,
Experience faite a Versaille, en presence de leurs Majestes et de la Famille Royale, per M.r Montgolfier, le 19. Sept. 1783.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½") Trimmed within plate mark. Some surface dirt. Pencil in image within the sky. A small amount of creasing.
A view of the Aérostat Réveillon's, a Montgolfier brothers balloon, voyage on 19 September 1783. It was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel ("Climb-to-the-sky"), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted and was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette and a crowd. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles (3 km), and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet (460 m). The craft landed safely after flying.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58169]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Premier Voyage Aerien En Presence de M.gr le Dauphin.
Premier Voyage Aerien En Presence de M.gr le Dauphin. Experience faite dans le Jardin de la Muette, Sous la Direction de M.r Montgolfier, Par M.r le Marquis d'Arlandes et M.r Pilatre du Rosier, le 21. 9.bre 1783. Vue de la Terrasse de M.r Fraanklin a Passi.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
A view of the first free flight by humans in a Montgolfier balloon, on 21st November 1783. It was made by Pilâtre de Rozier (1754 – 1785), together with an army officer, the marquis d'Arlandes (François Laurent (1742 –1809)). The flight began from the grounds of the Château de la Muette close to the Bois de Boulogne park in the western outskirts of Paris. They flew about 3,000 feet (910 m) above Paris for a distance of nine kilometers. After 25 minutes, the balloon landed between the windmills, outside the city ramparts, on the Butte-aux-Cailles. Enough fuel remained on board at the end of the flight to have allowed the balloon to fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were scorching the balloon fabric and had to be daubed out with sponges. As it appeared it could destroy the balloon, Pilâtre took off his coat to stop the fire.
See 57654 & 57655 for second voyage. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58172]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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The Montgolsier, a First Rate of the French Aerial Navy.
The Montgolsier, a First Rate of the French Aerial Navy. A_ F_t_ An Ass_ A Fool_ A Monkey_ A Nothing.
Observator del. Recordum Sculpt.
Pub.d by E. Darchery N.11 S.t James's Street. the 25.th of October 1783. [but probably printed slightly later]
Etching, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Some creasing. Nicks to edges of paper.
A satire on the Montgolfier brother's ballooning. Thought to be the first reaction of an English caricaturist to the possibilities of aerial navigation. Published by Elizabeth Darchery (1780-84, fl.), a publisher of satirical prints based on St James's Street, London, her name is often spelt differently on various plates and she is known for publishing some of James Gillray's early work.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58174]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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The Montgolsier, a First Rate of the French Aerial Navy.
The Montgolsier, a First Rate of the French Aerial Navy. A_ F_t_ An Ass_ A Fool_ A Monkey_ A Nothing.
Observator del. Recordum Sculpt.
Pub.d by E. Darchery N.11 S.t James's Street. the 25.th of October 1783. [but probably printed later]
Scarce hand coloured etching on wove paper with partial watermark dated '[?]1828'. Plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Creasing in margins; top left corner crease just goes through the plate mark. Tears on left and right entering the plate mark but not the image.
A wonderful satire on the Montgolfier brother's ballooning. Thought to be the first reaction of an English caricaturist to the possibilities of aerial navigation. Published by Elizabeth Darchery (1780-84, fl.), a publisher of satirical prints based on St James's Street, London, her name is often spelt differently on various plates and she is known for publishing some of James Gillray's early work.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58175]   £390.00  
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Montgolfier in the clouds.
Montgolfier in the clouds. Constructing of air balloons for the grand monarque. "O by gar!..."
Fourth Sketch Published as the act directs March 2 1784 by S. Fores N° 3 Piccadilly - a Companion to this in a few days.
Scarce etching on laid paper with 18th century watermark of Fleur-de-lis, plate 350 x 250mm (13 x 9¾") large margins. Handling creases, horizontal fold, minor surface dirt and light browning.
A satirical print relating to the unsuccessful launch of a 'grand aerostatic machine' on 19 Jan. at Lyons, in which Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 – 1799) and others ascended.
BM Satires 6435. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58177]   £650.00  
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[Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838.] Ascent of the [N]assau Balloon.
[Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838.] Ascent of the [N]assau Balloon. Combined with the Evening Entertainments. The Ascent Conducted by Mr. Green. Places in the Car for Ten Persons.
[Balne, Printer, 38, Gracechurch Street.] [c.1838].
Cut and glued to backing sheet. Damage losing some of the text.
A scarce advert for one of Charles Green's (1785-1870) ascensions in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens. Charles Green was the first man to ascend in a balloon filled with coal-generated hydrogen gas in 1821. He made over 500 ascents and airborne excursions between 1821 and 1852, one of which was a record journey of about five hundred miles from Vauxhall Gardens in London to Weilburg in Germany. He regularly ascended a balloon above Vauxhall Gardens.
[Ref: 56935]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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New Hungerford Market, London. On the Day of Opening, July 2nd 1833 - with the Ascent of Mr Graham in his Balloon.
New Hungerford Market, London. On the Day of Opening, July 2nd 1833 - with the Ascent of Mr Graham in his Balloon.
Drawn by R.W.Billings. On stone by I.S.Templeton.
London, Published Aug.15 1833 by R.W.Billings (at Mr Brittons, 17 Burton Street) & sold by J.W.Williams, 10 Charles St, Soho Square.
Lithograph. 275 x 340mm (10½ x 13½). Tear in top margin. Margins soiled with crease in the bottom left-hand corner.
A very large crowd gathered at New Hungerford Market in London July 2nd 1833. George Graham is ascending in his balloon in the top right.
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[Wonderful Museum] Mons: Garnerin's Wonderful Airial Flight of 8000 feet high.
[Wonderful Museum] Mons: Garnerin's Wonderful Airial Flight of 8000 feet high. from S.t George's Parade, North Audley Street; the Parashute descending after being seperated from the Balloon.
[Pub. June 1-1803 by Alex Hogg 16 Paternoster-row.]
Engraving, sheet 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line and part of the image. Glued to backing sheet. Some time staining and surface dirt.
Diagram of André-Jacques Garnerin's (1769 – 1823) parachute descent from his hot air balloon flight from St. George's Parade (the Volunteeer Ground, Grosvenor Square) on the evening of 21 September 1802. The parachute descended in a field near St Pancras. This trip gave rise to the English ballad, "Bold Garnerin went up, Which increased his Repute, And came safe to earth, In his Grand Parachute." The image is labeled with letters, suggesting that there was an associated key French balloonist Garnerin was appointed Official Aeronaut of France and visited England with his wife Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (née Labrosse, 1775–1847) in 1802 during the Peace of Amiens. He was also the inventor of the frameless parachute.
[Ref: 56938]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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The Parachute [in old ink mss.]
The Parachute [in old ink mss.]
A.L.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare oval stipple. Sheet 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper with ink mss. border and title.
A young boy playing with a toy parachute.
[Ref: 57029]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Robert Cocking's parachute]. The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall, with the Parachute attached.
[Robert Cocking's parachute]. The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall, with the Parachute attached. [&] The fatal Descent of the Parachute by which Mr Cocking lost his life.
W. Lake litho 50 Old Bailey.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Two coloured lithographs. Sheets (at most) 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Trimmed as scraps. Fine repairs in ascent.
Two scenes of Robert Cocking's attempt at a parachute descent from a balloon on 24th July 1837: the successful ascent in the Royal Nassau, piloted by Charles Green and Edward Spencer; and the disastrous descent, in which the flimsy design broke up before it even hit the ground.
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F. Pilatre De Rozier. Premier Navigateur Aerien Et Pensionnaire du Roi. Sa gloire, helas! Ne fut qu'un Reve, Don’t la fin prouve avec eclat, Que le moment qui nous eleve, Touche a celui qui nous abat.
F. Pilatre De Rozier. Premier Navigateur Aerien Et Pensionnaire du Roi. Sa gloire, helas! Ne fut qu'un Reve, Don’t la fin prouve avec eclat, Que le moment qui nous eleve, Touche a celui qui nous abat.
Brion del. Chapuy Sculp.
A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques [n.d. c.1785].
Etching with sepia aqautint. 155 x 215mm. Light foxing.
Made the first manned free flight in history, accompanied by the Marquis d'Arlandes and died during an attempted crossing of the English Channel when his balloon, a combination hydrogen and hot air balloon, exploded on 15 June 1785. Thus, he and his companion, Pierre Romain, became the first known victims of an air crash. This print was issued shortly afterwards to commemorate his life.
[Ref: 949]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Plane Diving.]
[Plane Diving.]
GHN [ink signature.]
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour, on board. 228 x 140mm. 9 x 5½".
One of the earliest aircraft.
[Ref: 21024]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Globe Aërostatique.
Globe Aërostatique. Cette Machine est represente ici s'elevant pour la seconde fois au milieu de la Prairie de Nesle, ou il venoit de descendre, accompagne de M.r Robert et en Presence de M.gr le Duc de Chatres, M.r le Duc de Fitz-James, et de M.r Farer Gentilhomme Anglois, M.r Robert Presente le Proces Verbal a signer aux Cures d'Hedouxille, et de Nesle.
Desrais Del. Denis Sculp.
A Paris chez Basset rue S.t Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins. [c. 1783]
Scarce engraving on thick laid paper with 18th century watermark of house with pitched roof surmounted by three cockerels. Plate 275 x 345 (10¾ x 13¾"), with small margins. Some old blue paper affixed verso, probably previous album leaf, inscribed 'no. 8' in brown ink to upper centre, surface dirt and browning.
A view of a balloon ascent by Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746 – 1823) from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783. Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers launched a new manned balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. Jacques Charles was accompanied by Nicolas-Louis Robert as co-pilot of the 380-cubic-metre, hydrogen-filled balloon. The envelope was fitted with a hydrogen release valve and was covered with a net from which the basket was suspended. Sand ballast was used to control altitude. They ascended to a height of about 1,800 feet (550 m) and landed at sunset in Nesles-la-Vallée after a 2-hour 5 minute flight covering 36 km The chasers on horseback, who were led by the Duc de Chartres, held down the craft while both Charles and Nicolas-Louis alighted. Jacques Charles then decided to ascend again, but alone this time because the balloon had lost some of its hydrogen. This time it ascended rapidly to an altitude of about 3,000 metres, where he saw the sun again. He began suffering from aching pain in his ears so he "valved" to release gas, and descended to land gently about 3 km away at Tour du Lay.
Illustrated: Turnor, Hatton, Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmopshere, Chapman and Hall, 1865, illus. p. 34. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "As
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[A Rolls-Royce Company Christmas Card, illustrated Airshow, with flypast of Hawker Harts?]
[A Rolls-Royce Company Christmas Card, illustrated Airshow, with flypast of Hawker Harts?]
[by Cyril Barraud.]
[Printed by] W.F. Sedgewick Ltd. Xmas 1934.
Etching, presented as a printed christmas card. Etching 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾") on front of a folded sheet watermarked 1934. Rare.
A christmas card with a printed greeting from A.F. Sidgreaves, managing director of Rolls Royce Ltd. It depicts an airshow with a flypast of biplanes in three ranks of three, most likely the Hawker Hart, a prominent British light bomber between the wars, powered by a Rolls-Royde engine. A Rolls Royce car is parked prominently among the spectators. Cyril Barraud (1877-1965), son of Herbert Rose Barraud and nephew of Francis Barraud. Having trained at the Brighton School of Art he emigrated to Winnepeg in 1913. He was commissioned as a lieutenant with the 43rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in 1915 but transferred to the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada a few months later. He was wounded in the leg fighting in France in 1917, but returned to active service. Barraud was one of the first Canadian artists hired by Lord Beaverbrook for the War Records Office to sketch Canadian battle zones around Ypres and Vimy Ridge-Arras sectors. Later he was seconded to the Canadian War Memorials Fund. After demobilisation he remained in England, painting and etching landscapes, some of which were used for the LNER carriage prints, and taking commissions for christmas cards like this.
[Ref: 37591]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Ascent of Mr Sadler and Capt.n Paget from Hackney, 12th Augs.t 1811.
The Ascent of Mr Sadler and Capt.n Paget from Hackney, 12th Augs.t 1811. From a Drawing taken on the Spot.
Publish'd Aug.t 19th by I.Murray Princess Street Soho & 326 Oxford Street.
Etching. Sheet 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate. Minor surface dirt, handling creases, numbered in brown ink outside the image.
Showing James Sadler's (1753 – 1828) balloon flight to mark the birthday of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV) on 12th August 1811. He took off from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern in Hackney, along with Captain Paget of the Royal Navy (presumably Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget (1778–1839)), who was a paying passenger, and landed near Tilbury Fort 73 minutes later. Apparently published a week after the event.
Illustrated: Turnor, Hatton, Astra Castra. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmopshere, Chapman and Hall, 1865, illus. p. 262. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "A
[Ref: 58178]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs Sage.
M.rs Sage. [The first English Female Aerial Traveller, who ascended with Mr. Biggin, in Mr. Lunardi's Balloon, from St. George's Fields June 29th 1785; at 25 Minutes after one oClock, and descended a few Miles beyond Harrow in Middlesex, at three oClock, after traversing upwards of Thirty Miles on the Atmosphere.]
Tburke fecit. S. Shelley del.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Rare stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet: 130 x 140mm (5 x 5½"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Letitia Ann Sage (1750-1817) an actress who was the first woman to fly, riding in Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon.
See ref: 50053 for another version.
[Ref: 56977]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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"the Deutsch Prize" Santos. Dumont. N.o 6.
Geo. Hum. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lt.d lith.
Vanity Fair Nov.r 14th 1901.
Chromolithograph, sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼").
Caricature of Alberto Santos Dumont (1873 - 1932), Brazillian aeronaut, sportsman and inventor, in a flying machine. The Deutsch de la Meurthe prize, simply known as the Deutsch prize, of 100,000 francs was offered by Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe (born Salomon Henry Deutsch 1846–1919) to the first machine capable of flying a round trip from the Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and back in less than 30 minutes. On October 19, 1901, Santos-Dumont launched his Number 6 airship at 2:30 pm. After only nine minutes of flight, Santos-Dumont had rounded the Eiffel Tower, but then suffered an engine failure. To restart the engine, he had to climb back over the gondola rail without a safety harness. The attempt was successful, and he crossed the finish line in 29 minutes 30 seconds. However, a short delay arose before his mooring line was secured, and at first the adjudicating committee refused him the prize, despite de la Meurthe, who was present, declaring himself satisfied. This caused a public outcry from the crowds watching the flight, as well as comment in the press. However a face-saving compromise was reached, and Santos-Dumont was awarded the prize. In a charitable gesture, he gave half the prize to his crew and then donated the other half to the poor of Paris.
[Ref: 56945]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Edward Spencer. Born May 8th. 1799.
Mr. Edward Spencer. Born May 8th. 1799. Who accompanied Mr. Charles Green, in that fatal Parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's July 24th. 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens.__ And has made Twenty seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th. 1839.
G. P. Harding F.S.A. del et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published Aug 31st. 1839, by G.P. Harding, 69, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph, printed area 180 x 115mm. White marks on Spencer's coat.
Robert Cocking, aged 61 at the time, was killed on July 24th 1837, although Spencer and Green survived.
for the ascent with Cocking see ref. 12657
[Ref: 8194]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Theatre du Fanatisme sous les auspices de l'Hierarchie.
Theatre du Fanatisme sous les auspices de l'Hierarchie.
Marq. Wocher. Fc. 1787.
Aquatint printed in sepia 100 x 70mm.
An actor with a balloon headress. Marquard Fidel Domenikus Wocher (1760-1830), Swiss artist and engraver.
[Ref: 6673]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Destruction of the Victoria & Albert Balloon.
Destruction of the Victoria & Albert Balloon. Arlington Street, Piccadilly, 16th June 1851. [in ink.]
[London published June 18th by Ackerman & co. 96 Strand.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11''). Trimmed, laid on mount board.
George Graham and his wife Margaret made several balloon ascents in Britain, many of which ended in disaster. The couple made this ascent in the ‘Victoria & Albert’ balloon to celebrate the Great Exhibition year of 1851. However, after narrowly avoiding a collision with Crystal Palace they lost control of the balloon, which crashed into Colonel North’s house in Arlington Street, Piccadilly, leaving the building damaged and the aeronauts badly injured.
[Ref: 50640]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Vol-au-Vent ou le Patissier d'Anieres.
Vol-au-Vent ou le Patissier d'Anieres.
[c.1812]
Engraving with original hand colour. Some creasing.
Satire on the third aeronautical exposition on the Champs du Mars in Paris, which was not as successful as the first two. A balloon is in the background, while the foreground has a man with wings halfway up a pole.
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Gloster
Gloster "Gamecock"
Geoffrey Watson [signed in pencil]
Numbered 16/30 [c.1931]
Etching, 260 x 340mm. 10¼ x 13¼".
Etching by Geoffrey Watson, who produced a series of prints showing aircraft in flight. The Gloster Gamecock, an RAF biplane, first flew in 1925. It was also used by the Finnish air force.
[Ref: 14906]   £480.00  
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Gloster SS19
Gloster SS19
Geoffrey Watson [signed in pencil]
1931. Numbered 16/30
Etching, 260 x 340mm. 10¼ x 13¼".
Etching by Geoffrey Watson, who produced a series of prints showing aircraft in flight. The Gloster SS. 19, also known as the Gauntlet, entered RAF service in the 1930s and saw combat in Finland in 1939-40.
[Ref: 14905]   £480.00  
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Siskin IIIa.
Siskin IIIa.
Geoffrey Watson [signed in pencil]
Etching, 260 x 340mm. 10¼ x 13¼". Slight line across sky.
Etching by Geoffrey Watson, who produced a series of prints showing aircraft in flight. The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin, one of the first RAF fighters designed after World War I. They were used by RAF squadrons between 1924 and 1932.
[Ref: 14828]   £350.00  
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