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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Die Aeronauten.
J: Blaschke sc.
[n.d., c.1840].
Engraving, sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Cut to plate on threee sides.
A german print depicting a hot air ballon manned by a single person flies above a sea port watched by huge crowds. A unidentified swallow tailed flag waves in the wind above a battlement and a ships mast can be seen behind.
[Ref: 56937] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J: Blaschke sc.
[n.d., c.1840].
Engraving, sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Cut to plate on threee sides.
A german print depicting a hot air ballon manned by a single person flies above a sea port watched by huge crowds. A unidentified swallow tailed flag waves in the wind above a battlement and a ships mast can be seen behind.
[Ref: 56937] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
New London Magazine. M.r Sadler, The first English Ærostatist. M.r Arnold, The first unsuccessful Aerial Adventurer.
Thornton sculp.
Published by Alex..r Hogg at the kings Arms N.o16 Paternoster Row, De[c. 31. 1785.]
Engraving, plate 125 x 200mm (5 x 7¾"). Publication line partially obscured.
Oval portraits of James Sadler (1753 – 1828) and Stuart Amos Arnold. Sadler was the first English balloonist and the second person, after Vincenzo Lunardi (1754 – 1806), to make a balloon ascent in England. He was an eminent scientist and made a number of important discoveries; notably that hot air, rather than smoke, as the Montgolfiers had wrongly concluded, was required for airborne propulsion, managed tomanufacture hydrogen at a time when the element was so new it hadn’t even been named and was the first to create an adjustable fire in the basket to manipulate the balloon’s altitude. Arnold is most famous for his balloon that launched 31 August 1785 from St George's Fields, London, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings.
[Ref: 56930] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thornton sculp.
Published by Alex..r Hogg at the kings Arms N.o16 Paternoster Row, De[c. 31. 1785.]
Engraving, plate 125 x 200mm (5 x 7¾"). Publication line partially obscured.
Oval portraits of James Sadler (1753 – 1828) and Stuart Amos Arnold. Sadler was the first English balloonist and the second person, after Vincenzo Lunardi (1754 – 1806), to make a balloon ascent in England. He was an eminent scientist and made a number of important discoveries; notably that hot air, rather than smoke, as the Montgolfiers had wrongly concluded, was required for airborne propulsion, managed tomanufacture hydrogen at a time when the element was so new it hadn’t even been named and was the first to create an adjustable fire in the basket to manipulate the balloon’s altitude. Arnold is most famous for his balloon that launched 31 August 1785 from St George's Fields, London, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings.
[Ref: 56930] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Air.
[n.d., c.1800].
Scrap sheet with ten hand coloured etchings glued to it. Sheet 480 x 305mm (19 x 12"). Some creasing, glue stains, surface dirt and ageing of the paper.
A rare set of scenes with rhyming couplets explaining the usefulness of air in motion, featuring a hot air balloon, instruments, kites, bubbles, fans, bellows, wind, glassblowing, a popgun and a windmill. Game of cricket in background.
[Ref: 56972] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800].
Scrap sheet with ten hand coloured etchings glued to it. Sheet 480 x 305mm (19 x 12"). Some creasing, glue stains, surface dirt and ageing of the paper.
A rare set of scenes with rhyming couplets explaining the usefulness of air in motion, featuring a hot air balloon, instruments, kites, bubbles, fans, bellows, wind, glassblowing, a popgun and a windmill. Game of cricket in background.
[Ref: 56972] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A hot air balloon taking off.]](jpegs/57135.jpg)
[A hot air balloon taking off.]
C. H[*****] 1880.
Photogravure, printed in colours. 585 x 345mm (23 x 13½"), on thick paper, very large margins.. Repaired tear entering plate but not image.
A post-Revolutionary scene of a hot air balloon lifting off from a crowded area, carrying a couple, with a woman waving a tricolour. Two of the spectators tumble over.
[Ref: 57135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
C. H[*****] 1880.
Photogravure, printed in colours. 585 x 345mm (23 x 13½"), on thick paper, very large margins.. Repaired tear entering plate but not image.
A post-Revolutionary scene of a hot air balloon lifting off from a crowded area, carrying a couple, with a woman waving a tricolour. Two of the spectators tumble over.
[Ref: 57135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Le Ballon au dessus de la Méditerranée.
[after Jules Marie Desandré.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"), very large margins.
A balloon ditching in the Mediterranean sea. From the novel "Aventures de Paul enlevé par un ballon" by Jean Bruno.
[Ref: 57030] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jules Marie Desandré.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"), very large margins.
A balloon ditching in the Mediterranean sea. From the novel "Aventures de Paul enlevé par un ballon" by Jean Bruno.
[Ref: 57030] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Balloon.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Wormholes in unprinted area.
Two men in balloon take off from the grounds of a factory or mill, in Coventry, watched by a crowd.
[Ref: 56872] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Wormholes in unprinted area.
Two men in balloon take off from the grounds of a factory or mill, in Coventry, watched by a crowd.
[Ref: 56872] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ascent of M.r Sadler and Miss Thompson from Burlington House July 29 1814.
I.G.
[c.1814]
Etching, sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½"). Glued to board and varnished, with title in ink glued to back. Some surface marks. Corners of board exposed.
A view of Burlington House courtyard, showing a balloon on the ground, still being inflated. A large crowd has gathered in the courtyard and on the surrounding buildings to watch. James Sadler (1753 –1828) was the first English balloonist, as well as a chemist and pastry chef.
[Ref: 57020] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
I.G.
[c.1814]
Etching, sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½"). Glued to board and varnished, with title in ink glued to back. Some surface marks. Corners of board exposed.
A view of Burlington House courtyard, showing a balloon on the ground, still being inflated. A large crowd has gathered in the courtyard and on the surrounding buildings to watch. James Sadler (1753 –1828) was the first English balloonist, as well as a chemist and pastry chef.
[Ref: 57020] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Les Amusements de Paris, annee 1783, Hoec omina in irritum cadent,
[c.1783].
Engraving with hand colour, sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Some time staining.
A small ballooning display within a grandstand. A crowd gathers to watch the rise and fall of the objects. A man on the right guts pigs for their innards to be used as balloons.
[Ref: 56939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1783].
Engraving with hand colour, sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Some time staining.
A small ballooning display within a grandstand. A crowd gathers to watch the rise and fall of the objects. A man on the right guts pigs for their innards to be used as balloons.
[Ref: 56939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Fair in Hyde Park,
Printed in the Park on June, 28.th 1838.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 140 x 190mm (5½ x 7½"). Brown stain top left and further glue stains on edges where it was once put into a scrapbook.
A view near the Queen Elizabeth Gate at Hyde Park Corner with the statue of Achilles. A large crowd gathers and a hot air balloon floats across the sky.
[Ref: 56940] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed in the Park on June, 28.th 1838.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 140 x 190mm (5½ x 7½"). Brown stain top left and further glue stains on edges where it was once put into a scrapbook.
A view near the Queen Elizabeth Gate at Hyde Park Corner with the statue of Achilles. A large crowd gathers and a hot air balloon floats across the sky.
[Ref: 56940] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bo.t of John Richards & C.o. Linen Drapers and Furniture Printers. Manufacture of Silk & Patent... [for Sir J. Cotrell in ink]
[Mar. 1st 1824] [in ink].
Engraving and ink mss, sheet 120 x 235mm (5 x 9¾"). Creases where previously folded. Small tear.
Receipt for an order. A small image of a hot air balloon above a river with ships, in London.
Ex collection of Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 57117] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Mar. 1st 1824] [in ink].
Engraving and ink mss, sheet 120 x 235mm (5 x 9¾"). Creases where previously folded. Small tear.
Receipt for an order. A small image of a hot air balloon above a river with ships, in London.
Ex collection of Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 57117] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Five comic scenes]](jpegs/57072.jpg)
[Five comic scenes] Plate 15.
Designed and Drawn on Zine by A.I. Molinari. Printed by J. Grieve. Nicholas Lane London.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d.,c.1820].
Very rare zincograph, sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
Five comic scenes with one line of text; A man being handed a piece of paper, 'Hope I don't Intrude?', two men dragging a hot air balloon out of the water, 'Cloud's Omnibus arrival at the bank,' dance partners with the woman's feather accessory attaching itself to the man's hair, 'Miss Huggins, M.r Huggins,' a man sliding down a ladder from a gas lamp post,'More speed than pleasure,' and two gentleman leaning, 'a pair of Cross-grained fellows'.
[Ref: 57072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed and Drawn on Zine by A.I. Molinari. Printed by J. Grieve. Nicholas Lane London.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d.,c.1820].
Very rare zincograph, sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
Five comic scenes with one line of text; A man being handed a piece of paper, 'Hope I don't Intrude?', two men dragging a hot air balloon out of the water, 'Cloud's Omnibus arrival at the bank,' dance partners with the woman's feather accessory attaching itself to the man's hair, 'Miss Huggins, M.r Huggins,' a man sliding down a ladder from a gas lamp post,'More speed than pleasure,' and two gentleman leaning, 'a pair of Cross-grained fellows'.
[Ref: 57072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Expérience Aerostatique. Faite à Lyon en Janvier 1784, avec un Ballon de cent pieds de diamètre. Vuë prise du Pavillon meridional de Sr. Antonio Spréafico, aux Brotteaux.
A Lyon chés Joubert fils Md. D'Estampes g.de Rue Merciere [n.d. c.1784].
Fine engraving with etching. Sheet 480 x 340mm (19 x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, laid on sheet.
The 'Aerostatic Experience', 19th January 1784. The only recorded flight by Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810). After the first ascent in a hydrogen balloon by Charles (1746-1823) on 1 December 1783, the Montgolfier brothers, determined not to be outdone, returned to the South of France where they constructed a balloon of staggering proportions. Named ‘Le Flesselle’ in honour of the Governor of Lyons who sponsored the project, this giant balloon was 131 feet high and 104 feet in diameter, with a capacity of more than 700,000 cubic feet. The ascent from Brotteaux, Lyon on the 19 January 1784 was watched by over 100,000 people. The balloon reached a height of 3000 feet before a large tear in the fabric caused it to descend rapidly, leaving the seven aeronauts shaken but otherwise unhurt.
[Ref: 56953] £380.00
A Lyon chés Joubert fils Md. D'Estampes g.de Rue Merciere [n.d. c.1784].
Fine engraving with etching. Sheet 480 x 340mm (19 x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, laid on sheet.
The 'Aerostatic Experience', 19th January 1784. The only recorded flight by Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810). After the first ascent in a hydrogen balloon by Charles (1746-1823) on 1 December 1783, the Montgolfier brothers, determined not to be outdone, returned to the South of France where they constructed a balloon of staggering proportions. Named ‘Le Flesselle’ in honour of the Governor of Lyons who sponsored the project, this giant balloon was 131 feet high and 104 feet in diameter, with a capacity of more than 700,000 cubic feet. The ascent from Brotteaux, Lyon on the 19 January 1784 was watched by over 100,000 people. The balloon reached a height of 3000 feet before a large tear in the fabric caused it to descend rapidly, leaving the seven aeronauts shaken but otherwise unhurt.
[Ref: 56953] £380.00
![[The first hydrogen balloon] Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier.](jpegs/56954.jpg)
[The first hydrogen balloon] Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Negoce com¯un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libér aux avec privilège de sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense de n'en fairem'd' vendre de copies [n.d., c.1783].
Coloured etching. 280 x 405mm (11½ x 16"), very large margins. A few foxing spots.
Jacques Charles and brothers Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis Robert designed and built the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, using rubberised silk. It was launched (unmanned) on 27th August 1783 from the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, watched by Benjamin Frankin. It landed 21 kilometres away in the village of Gonesse where the reportedly terrified local peasants attacked it with pitchforks, as depicted here. This print is a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer so the title, which incorrectly draws on Montgolfier's name, is reversed above the image.
[Ref: 56954] £690.00
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Negoce com¯un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libér aux avec privilège de sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense de n'en fairem'd' vendre de copies [n.d., c.1783].
Coloured etching. 280 x 405mm (11½ x 16"), very large margins. A few foxing spots.
Jacques Charles and brothers Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis Robert designed and built the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, using rubberised silk. It was launched (unmanned) on 27th August 1783 from the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, watched by Benjamin Frankin. It landed 21 kilometres away in the village of Gonesse where the reportedly terrified local peasants attacked it with pitchforks, as depicted here. This print is a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer so the title, which incorrectly draws on Montgolfier's name, is reversed above the image.
[Ref: 56954] £690.00
![[The first hydrogen balloon] Expérience de la Machine Aréostatique de M.rs de Montgolfier d'Anonai eb Vivaris,](jpegs/56955.jpg)
[The first hydrogen balloon] Expérience de la Machine Aréostatique de M.rs de Montgolfier d'Anonai eb Vivaris, Reppetée à Paris le 27 Aoust 1783 au Champ de Mars, avec un Bolon de Taffetas enduit de Gomme élastique, de 30 pieds 6 ponces de circonference Ce Balon plein d'Air Inflamable a été éxécuté par Mrs. Robert en vertu d'une Souscription Nationale sous le direction de Mr Faujas de Saint Fond.
[Paris, c.1785]
Engraving with original hand colour. 295 x 410mm (11½ x 16"). Spotting and creasing.
Jacques Charles and brothers Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis Robert designed and built the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, using rubberised silk. It was launched (unmanned) on 27th August 1783 from the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, as depicted here, watched by Benjamin Frankin. It landed 21 kilometres away in the village of Gonesse where the reportedly terrified local peasants attacked it with pitchforks. The use of Montgolfier's name is incorrect. This print is a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer so the title is reversed above the image.
[Ref: 56955] £690.00
[Paris, c.1785]
Engraving with original hand colour. 295 x 410mm (11½ x 16"). Spotting and creasing.
Jacques Charles and brothers Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis Robert designed and built the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, using rubberised silk. It was launched (unmanned) on 27th August 1783 from the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, as depicted here, watched by Benjamin Frankin. It landed 21 kilometres away in the village of Gonesse where the reportedly terrified local peasants attacked it with pitchforks. The use of Montgolfier's name is incorrect. This print is a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer so the title is reversed above the image.
[Ref: 56955] £690.00
Beilage zum N.J Blatt der Erlanger Real. Zeitung 1784.
Rare engraving, plate 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). A few age spots mostly in margins. Centre horizontal crease.
Supplement to the German newspaper 'Erlanger Real' published in 1784. Three men on the ground man the instrument providing the hot air to push the balloon upwards. Two men stand in the basket: one waving a flag the other having dropped his. The date, number of passengers and the balloon being unteathered suggests that this depicts the November 21st, 1783 Parisian flight of Pilatre de Rozier and French military official, the Marquis d’Arlandes in a balloon set up by the Montgolfier brothers. The pair flew from the center of Paris to the suburbs, about 5.5 miles (9 km), in 25 minutes. Benjamin Franklin witnessed the flight and wrote about it in his journal.
[Ref: 56928] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rare engraving, plate 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). A few age spots mostly in margins. Centre horizontal crease.
Supplement to the German newspaper 'Erlanger Real' published in 1784. Three men on the ground man the instrument providing the hot air to push the balloon upwards. Two men stand in the basket: one waving a flag the other having dropped his. The date, number of passengers and the balloon being unteathered suggests that this depicts the November 21st, 1783 Parisian flight of Pilatre de Rozier and French military official, the Marquis d’Arlandes in a balloon set up by the Montgolfier brothers. The pair flew from the center of Paris to the suburbs, about 5.5 miles (9 km), in 25 minutes. Benjamin Franklin witnessed the flight and wrote about it in his journal.
[Ref: 56928] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Pierre Blanchard. The first Aerial Mariner, Citizen of Calais...
R. Livesay pinxit. J. Newton sculpsit.
March 24 Pub. for the Proprietor by S. Hooper No 212, High-Holborn, London.
Stipple with etching and engraving. Sheet 230 x 205mm (9 x 8"). Trimmed within plate. Slight vertical crease.
A half-length portrait of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, published shortly after he and American doctor John Jefferies made the first balloon flight across the English Channel when they travelled from Dover to Calais, January 7th 1785.
[Ref: 56777] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
R. Livesay pinxit. J. Newton sculpsit.
March 24 Pub. for the Proprietor by S. Hooper No 212, High-Holborn, London.
Stipple with etching and engraving. Sheet 230 x 205mm (9 x 8"). Trimmed within plate. Slight vertical crease.
A half-length portrait of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, published shortly after he and American doctor John Jefferies made the first balloon flight across the English Channel when they travelled from Dover to Calais, January 7th 1785.
[Ref: 56777] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
1867. Whitsuntide Galas! Peel Park, Bradford. Programme of Performance for Monday, June 10th.
[1867.]
Scarce letterpress handbill. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Creasing.
Attractions include Mr Liskard's 'Mysterious Musical Teapot', a 'Grand Balloon Ascent by Captain Metcalf', and 'A Grand Display of Fireworks by Professor Dyer, of London'.
[Ref: 57185] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[1867.]
Scarce letterpress handbill. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Creasing.
Attractions include Mr Liskard's 'Mysterious Musical Teapot', a 'Grand Balloon Ascent by Captain Metcalf', and 'A Grand Display of Fireworks by Professor Dyer, of London'.
[Ref: 57185] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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
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
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
[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
![[Joseph Kaufmann's flying machine] Mechanische Technik. Taf. 34.](jpegs/56956.jpg)
[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)
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)
Compensations N.o11 bis. Celui la voudrait zedescendre.
Ch. Philpon inv et del. Lith de Ducarme. Wattier, lith.
a Paris, chez Ostervald aine, Quai des Augustins, N.o 37 etched Hautecoeur Martinet rue du coq S.t Honore.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾").
A man in the basket of a hot air balloon crouches, mouth agape in terror looking down at the mountainous scenery. Text in French captures his sentiment 'He would like her to come down.'
[Ref: 57081] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ch. Philpon inv et del. Lith de Ducarme. Wattier, lith.
a Paris, chez Ostervald aine, Quai des Augustins, N.o 37 etched Hautecoeur Martinet rue du coq S.t Honore.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾").
A man in the basket of a hot air balloon crouches, mouth agape in terror looking down at the mountainous scenery. Text in French captures his sentiment 'He would like her to come down.'
[Ref: 57081] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Paris L'Ete. N.o 12
Henry. Emy. Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie
Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse, 29.
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
Four comic scenes of Paris in the summer; A crowd gathering to depart on a coach,' D'epart pour une petite partie de campagne,' a woman with a huge hat carrying a parasol, 'Une dame qui veut se conserver le teint,' a woman in a hot air balloon, 'M.lle Garnerin repondant aux acclamations d'un public idolatre,' and a man in hunting gear stalking in an unsuitable enviroment, 'Etudes de chasse avant l'ouverture.' Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853) was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the niece of the pioneer parachutist André-Jacques Garnerin, and took advantage of his name and of the novelty of a woman performing what were at the time extremely daring feats.
[Ref: 57078] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Henry. Emy. Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie
Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse, 29.
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
Four comic scenes of Paris in the summer; A crowd gathering to depart on a coach,' D'epart pour une petite partie de campagne,' a woman with a huge hat carrying a parasol, 'Une dame qui veut se conserver le teint,' a woman in a hot air balloon, 'M.lle Garnerin repondant aux acclamations d'un public idolatre,' and a man in hunting gear stalking in an unsuitable enviroment, 'Etudes de chasse avant l'ouverture.' Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853) was a French balloonist and parachutist. She was the niece of the pioneer parachutist André-Jacques Garnerin, and took advantage of his name and of the novelty of a woman performing what were at the time extremely daring feats.
[Ref: 57078] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Grand Jubilee Celebrations in London's Parks.]](jpegs/49810.jpg)
[The Grand Jubilee Celebrations in London's Parks.] View of the Bridge and Pagoda, from the Canal, St James's Park.[&] The Chinese Pagoda and Bridge in St James's Park (previous to the Fire.) [&] The Fortress (which inclosed the Grand Pavillion.) in the Green Park; with the ascent of the Balloon. [&] The Grand Pavillion in Green Park. [&] The View in Hyde Park, with the Fleet at Anchor, on the Serpentine River. [&] The Jubilee Naval Action on the Serpentine in Commemoration of the Battle of the Nile. [&] The Action between the British & American Frigates on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, 1st August, 1814. [&] Scene on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, on the Night of the Grand Jubilee, Aug.t 1. 1814.
Published Aug.t 12 [& 24th], 1814, by Tho. Palser, Surry Side, West.r Bridge.
Eight etchings with hand colour. Each c. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Each plate trimmed to plate top and bottom.
On 1st August 1814 a series of events celebrating both the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the centenary of Hanoverian rule in England. In St James's Park a Chinese bridge with a pagoda was built over the lake; in Green Park a revolving Temple of Concord was constructed by Sir William Congreve (of rocket fame); and in Hyde Park naval battles with miniature frigates were fought (the 'Nile' and 'Trafalgar' against the French and a third against the Americans, a reminder that Britain was still fighting the War of 1812). The battles were successful events: however the pagoda in St James's Park was set alight by fireworks, killing one and injuring another; and the balloon ascent, by James Sadler (1753-1828, the first English balloonist) did not go as planned and he had to make an emergency landing.
[Ref: 49810] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
Published Aug.t 12 [& 24th], 1814, by Tho. Palser, Surry Side, West.r Bridge.
Eight etchings with hand colour. Each c. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Each plate trimmed to plate top and bottom.
On 1st August 1814 a series of events celebrating both the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the centenary of Hanoverian rule in England. In St James's Park a Chinese bridge with a pagoda was built over the lake; in Green Park a revolving Temple of Concord was constructed by Sir William Congreve (of rocket fame); and in Hyde Park naval battles with miniature frigates were fought (the 'Nile' and 'Trafalgar' against the French and a third against the Americans, a reminder that Britain was still fighting the War of 1812). The battles were successful events: however the pagoda in St James's Park was set alight by fireworks, killing one and injuring another; and the balloon ascent, by James Sadler (1753-1828, the first English balloonist) did not go as planned and he had to make an emergency landing.
[Ref: 49810] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
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)
[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)
![[The Eagle] Das erste Luft-Post-Schiff; genannt der Addler.](jpegs/56931.jpg)
[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 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[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 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Balloon Ascent from the Gas Works, Lewes.]](jpegs/57071.jpg)
[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)
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)
![[Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838.] Ascent of the [N]assau Balloon.](jpegs/56935.jpg)
[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)
[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)
An Historical, Emblematical, Patriotical, and Political Print, representing the English Balloon, or National Debt in the year 1782, with a full View of the Stock Exchange, and its supporters the Financiers Bulls, Bears, Brokers, Lame Ducks, and others, and a proportionate Ball of Gold, the specific size of all the Money we have to pay it with supposing that to be Twenty Millions of Pounds sterling, the Gold, and Silver Trees entwined with Serpents, & upheld by Dragons, for the pleasure of Pluto & all his Bosom Friends.
E.H.P. Eliz.h Hen.ta Phelps, pinx.t. W.m. Phelps Inv.t. F. Jukes Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd as the Act Directs, by W.m Phelps, July 1, 1785.
Aquatint with etching & engraving. Sheet 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16"). Trimmed into plate, some wear, with repairs. Extremely rare but damaged.
A satire of the National Debt, with the Stock Exchange (New Jonathan's Coffee House in Change Alley) with a balloon on the roof held in place by bulls and bears with human faces. In the street are investors, some with webbed feet indicating they are 'lame ducks'.
BM Satires 6803.
[Ref: 57123] £950.00
E.H.P. Eliz.h Hen.ta Phelps, pinx.t. W.m. Phelps Inv.t. F. Jukes Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd as the Act Directs, by W.m Phelps, July 1, 1785.
Aquatint with etching & engraving. Sheet 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16"). Trimmed into plate, some wear, with repairs. Extremely rare but damaged.
A satire of the National Debt, with the Stock Exchange (New Jonathan's Coffee House in Change Alley) with a balloon on the roof held in place by bulls and bears with human faces. In the street are investors, some with webbed feet indicating they are 'lame ducks'.
BM Satires 6803.
[Ref: 57123] £950.00
![[Robert Cocking's parachute]. The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall, with the Parachute attached.](jpegs/57018.jpg)
[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.
[Ref: 57018] £380.00
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.
[Ref: 57018] £380.00
![[Wonderful Museum] Mons: Garnerin's Wonderful Airial Flight of 8000 feet high.](jpegs/56938.jpg)
[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)
[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)
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)
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)
The Walking Philosopher.
DeBruyn del. Rothwell sc.
[Published by Harrison & Co 1/8/1802]
Rare engraving, sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed within plate.
A man with a balloon strapped to his body and paddle-shaped wings in each hand.
[Ref: 57061] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
DeBruyn del. Rothwell sc.
[Published by Harrison & Co 1/8/1802]
Rare engraving, sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed within plate.
A man with a balloon strapped to his body and paddle-shaped wings in each hand.
[Ref: 57061] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)