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![[By permission of the Patentees, This Engraving of the First Carriage, the "Ariel", is respectfully inscribed, to the Directors of the Aerial Transit Company, by their obedient Servants, The Publishers.]](jpegs/36332.jpg)
[By permission of the Patentees, This Engraving of the First Carriage, the "Ariel", is respectfully inscribed, to the Directors of the Aerial Transit Company, by their obedient Servants, The Publishers.]
W. Walton. Day & Haghe, Lithrs. to the Queen.
London, Pub March 28th, 1843, by Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Lithograph. Sheet size: 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"). Trimmed to image.
William Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage is depicted in a ficticious flight over the Pyramids. In 1842 William Henson (1812-1888) patented his design for an Aerial Steam Carriage, known as the 'Ariel'. Although the design never flew, it acted as a basis for much of the thinking of the early aviation pioneers, and laid the foundations for the modern monoplane. With his partner, John Stringfellow, plans were made to set up an airfreight company, the Aerial Steam Transit Company, to transport goods acoss the world.
[Ref: 36332] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W. Walton. Day & Haghe, Lithrs. to the Queen.
London, Pub March 28th, 1843, by Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Lithograph. Sheet size: 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"). Trimmed to image.
William Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage is depicted in a ficticious flight over the Pyramids. In 1842 William Henson (1812-1888) patented his design for an Aerial Steam Carriage, known as the 'Ariel'. Although the design never flew, it acted as a basis for much of the thinking of the early aviation pioneers, and laid the foundations for the modern monoplane. With his partner, John Stringfellow, plans were made to set up an airfreight company, the Aerial Steam Transit Company, to transport goods acoss the world.
[Ref: 36332] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Aerial Steam Carriage.
Rock & Co. London [n.d., c.1808.]
Rare steel engraving, letter sheet 225 x 185mm (9 x 7½"). Some creasing and surface dirt.
A fictitious flight of the Aerial Steam Carriage over the Thames. The Aerial Steam Carriage was patented in 1842 by William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow. Henson and Stringfellow only produced scale models, none of which were capable of flying more than a short distance inside a hanger, but the invention marks an important development in the history of powered flying machines.
[Ref: 56976] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rock & Co. London [n.d., c.1808.]
Rare steel engraving, letter sheet 225 x 185mm (9 x 7½"). Some creasing and surface dirt.
A fictitious flight of the Aerial Steam Carriage over the Thames. The Aerial Steam Carriage was patented in 1842 by William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow. Henson and Stringfellow only produced scale models, none of which were capable of flying more than a short distance inside a hanger, but the invention marks an important development in the history of powered flying machines.
[Ref: 56976] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Aeronautical Prints & Drawings. with text by Lt.-Col. W. Lockwood Marsh O.B.E., M.A., LL.B., A.F.R.Ae.S., Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Foreword by Major-General Sir Frederick H. Sykes G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., F.R. Ae.S., M.P., Late Chief of the Air Staff and Controller-General of Civil Aviation
London Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd. 1924
4to, limited edition no 252 of 1000; original blue cloth gilt, rubbed edges; pp. xx + 36; colour frontis. tipped in + 87 plates, of which 80 half-tones, 7 colour tipped in. Bookplate on front endpaper.
A compendium of important aeronautical prints and drawings with background information. The best reference work on ballooning, from the Collection of Lord Kings Norton.
[Ref: 8269] £420.00
London Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd. 1924
4to, limited edition no 252 of 1000; original blue cloth gilt, rubbed edges; pp. xx + 36; colour frontis. tipped in + 87 plates, of which 80 half-tones, 7 colour tipped in. Bookplate on front endpaper.
A compendium of important aeronautical prints and drawings with background information. The best reference work on ballooning, from the Collection of Lord Kings Norton.
[Ref: 8269] £420.00
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)
![[Aircraft factory] Intelatura di Ali ''Caprioni''.](jpegs/60924.jpg)
[Aircraft factory] Intelatura di Ali ''Caprioni''.
Carlo Vitali.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Scarce aquatint. 180 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½"), with letterpress title just outside plate, large margins. Some spotting.
A factory making wings for 'Caproni' aircraft.
[Ref: 60924] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Carlo Vitali.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Scarce aquatint. 180 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½"), with letterpress title just outside plate, large margins. Some spotting.
A factory making wings for 'Caproni' aircraft.
[Ref: 60924] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The arrival of 'Point d'Interrogation' at Bourget, 25th October, 1930.]](jpegs/66210.jpg)
[The arrival of 'Point d'Interrogation' at Bourget, 25th October, 1930.]
L.M. Myr [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Scarce etching, limited edition 42/50, signed by the artist. 350 x 435mm (13¾ x 17"). Creases.
Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983) arriving back at Bourget having completed the first Paris to New York flight, in 'Point d'Interrogation', a Bréguet 19 biplane.
[Ref: 66210] £480.00
L.M. Myr [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Scarce etching, limited edition 42/50, signed by the artist. 350 x 435mm (13¾ x 17"). Creases.
Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983) arriving back at Bourget having completed the first Paris to New York flight, in 'Point d'Interrogation', a Bréguet 19 biplane.
[Ref: 66210] £480.00
Oh help! Oh help! Will no one come, / Our downward course to stay? / I will not, if I get safe home, / Come here another day! / To get to Paris over land, Myself to this I trusted; / But when above the Goodwin Sand, / Oh dear its gone and busted!
W.P. [William Parkinson.]
[n.d., but 1854.]
Engraving with hand colouring, 210 x 250mm. Tear at top of image, laid on a 19th century linen album sheet; foxing.
A satirical print of Charles Green (1785-1870), who in 1836 flew from 480 miles from London to Nassau in Germany.
[Ref: 8264] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W.P. [William Parkinson.]
[n.d., but 1854.]
Engraving with hand colouring, 210 x 250mm. Tear at top of image, laid on a 19th century linen album sheet; foxing.
A satirical print of Charles Green (1785-1870), who in 1836 flew from 480 miles from London to Nassau in Germany.
[Ref: 8264] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Le Petit Ballon.
Peint par Jacquand. Regnier lith.
Paris chez Dero-Becker édireur, rue Neuve St. Augustin, 43 Lith de Lemercier, rue de Seine S G 55 [n.d., c.1830]
Lithograph, printed area 290 x 190mm.
Two children watching a balloon carrying a small flag. From the publication 'Galerie Pittoresque'.
[Ref: 8192] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Jacquand. Regnier lith.
Paris chez Dero-Becker édireur, rue Neuve St. Augustin, 43 Lith de Lemercier, rue de Seine S G 55 [n.d., c.1830]
Lithograph, printed area 290 x 190mm.
Two children watching a balloon carrying a small flag. From the publication 'Galerie Pittoresque'.
[Ref: 8192] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The fatal Descent of the Parachute by which Mr Cocking lost his life.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Lithograph. 230 x 160mm. Cut.
Robert Cocking (1776-1837) was a professional watercolour artist who was the first person to be killed in a parachute jump, using a parachute of his own design. The balloon shown in the image is Charles Green's famous Royal Nassau balloon (co-owned with Edward Spencer), from which Cocking jumped near Greenwich. His body was found in a field in Lee. Green and Spencer piloted the balloon that day, and survived.
for the ascent of the balloon see ref. 12657; for Edward Spencer see ref. 8194
[Ref: 8235] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1837.]
Lithograph. 230 x 160mm. Cut.
Robert Cocking (1776-1837) was a professional watercolour artist who was the first person to be killed in a parachute jump, using a parachute of his own design. The balloon shown in the image is Charles Green's famous Royal Nassau balloon (co-owned with Edward Spencer), from which Cocking jumped near Greenwich. His body was found in a field in Lee. Green and Spencer piloted the balloon that day, and survived.
for the ascent of the balloon see ref. 12657; for Edward Spencer see ref. 8194
[Ref: 8235] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Balloon Passing Over Coblenz.
A. Butler Lith. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Lithograph. 125 x 170mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon passing over Koblenz, near the end of the flight. The balloon would land at 7:30 in the morning, and one can see the rising sun.
[Ref: 8226] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A. Butler Lith. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Lithograph. 125 x 170mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon passing over Koblenz, near the end of the flight. The balloon would land at 7:30 in the morning, and one can see the rising sun.
[Ref: 8226] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Descent of the Balloon in the Valley of Elbern.
A. Butler Delt. & Lithog. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
Lithograph. 125 x 175mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon in Germany, having completed the flight.
[Ref: 8225] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A. Butler Delt. & Lithog. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
Lithograph. 125 x 175mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon in Germany, having completed the flight.
[Ref: 8225] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Untitled view of a stadium, with a balloon above.]](jpegs/8267.jpg)
[Untitled view of a stadium, with a balloon above.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint. 165 x 220mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card.
Image of a stadium, possibly in Milan, in which a horse race is taking place, whilst two balloons fly overhead.
[Ref: 8267] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint. 165 x 220mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card.
Image of a stadium, possibly in Milan, in which a horse race is taking place, whilst two balloons fly overhead.
[Ref: 8267] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Avro 504 BIPLANE.
Phil Britton.
1924.
Pen and ink drawing, mount 375 x 485mm (14¾ x 19). Taped within mount. Some time staining.
The Avro 504 was a biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. It was the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War; more than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.
Ex Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 57023] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Phil Britton.
1924.
Pen and ink drawing, mount 375 x 485mm (14¾ x 19). Taped within mount. Some time staining.
The Avro 504 was a biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. It was the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War; more than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.
Ex Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 57023] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![Baldwin's view over the City of Chester from Lunardi's balloon [&] Lunardi's [balloon].](jpegs/7777.jpg)
Baldwin's view over the City of Chester from Lunardi's balloon [&] Lunardi's [balloon].
[n.d., c.1796.]
Two engraved coloured scraps, the aerial view with stipple and green aquatint, glued to album page with excised captions, sheet c.147 x 212mm.
Excised from engravings by Barlow for the 'Encylopaedia Londinensis' published by J Wilkes. The full plate originally showed four early hot-air balloons arranged around the view over Chester. In addition to Lunardi's, they included Montgolfier's balloon, Blanchard's balloon, and Charles and Robert's balloon. Extremely rare.
[Ref: 7777] £360.00
[n.d., c.1796.]
Two engraved coloured scraps, the aerial view with stipple and green aquatint, glued to album page with excised captions, sheet c.147 x 212mm.
Excised from engravings by Barlow for the 'Encylopaedia Londinensis' published by J Wilkes. The full plate originally showed four early hot-air balloons arranged around the view over Chester. In addition to Lunardi's, they included Montgolfier's balloon, Blanchard's balloon, and Charles and Robert's balloon. Extremely rare.
[Ref: 7777] £360.00
Aeronautica; or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation; comprising an enlarged account of the late aerial expedition to Germany; By Monck Mason, Esq. Member of the 'Académie de l'Industrie française,' and of the 'Societé de statistque universelle,' etc. etc. With Plates.
London: F.C. Westley, 162, Piccadilly. 1838.
8vo, contemporary diced russia, rebacked with calf gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; pp. viii + 355; lithographic frontispiece and five plates, as called for in the list of illustrations. Ex libris labels on front pastedown. Scarce.
An account of a balloon trip from London to Weilburg in Hessen, Germany, by Thomas Monck Mason (1803-89), Charles Green (1785-1870) and Robert Hollond (1808-77). They travelled a record distance of 500 miles in 18 hours. The frontispiece has portraits of the three aeronauts with facsimile signatures; the other plates are four views of the flight and a depiction of two parachute designs. In 1844 Edgar Allan Poe wrote a hoax account of a man called Monck Mason who had just crossed the Atlantic by balloon in 72 hours; it was published in New York newpaper 'The Sun' on April 13th and was retracted two days later.
Provenance: the Carton Library, i.e. Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874).
[Ref: 40599] £480.00 view all images for this item
London: F.C. Westley, 162, Piccadilly. 1838.
8vo, contemporary diced russia, rebacked with calf gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; pp. viii + 355; lithographic frontispiece and five plates, as called for in the list of illustrations. Ex libris labels on front pastedown. Scarce.
An account of a balloon trip from London to Weilburg in Hessen, Germany, by Thomas Monck Mason (1803-89), Charles Green (1785-1870) and Robert Hollond (1808-77). They travelled a record distance of 500 miles in 18 hours. The frontispiece has portraits of the three aeronauts with facsimile signatures; the other plates are four views of the flight and a depiction of two parachute designs. In 1844 Edgar Allan Poe wrote a hoax account of a man called Monck Mason who had just crossed the Atlantic by balloon in 72 hours; it was published in New York newpaper 'The Sun' on April 13th and was retracted two days later.
Provenance: the Carton Library, i.e. Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874).
[Ref: 40599] £480.00 view all images for this item
Balloon.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Sheet trimmed.
A balloon in the skies above what appears to be a factory or textile mill; figures looking up as two passengers signal with flags.
[Ref: 16869] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1810.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Sheet trimmed.
A balloon in the skies above what appears to be a factory or textile mill; figures looking up as two passengers signal with flags.
[Ref: 16869] £75.00 (£90.00 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)
Major Mony's Perilous Situation. When he fell into the Sea July, 23, 1785, off the Coast of Yarmouth.
Engraved by Owen, from a Drawing by Thurston for the Gallery.
London, Published by R.N. Rose, 45 Holborn Hill May 1. 1820.
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"), with very large margins.
A scene showing a pioneer of British ballooning Major John Money (1752-1817) struggling to keep afloat after his balloon crashed into the sea. Saved by the sloop Argus he went on to write 'A Treatise on the Use of Balloons and Field Observators' (1803), in which he advocated the use of balloons for military purposes, retiring from the British army as full general.
[Ref: 45035] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Owen, from a Drawing by Thurston for the Gallery.
London, Published by R.N. Rose, 45 Holborn Hill May 1. 1820.
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"), with very large margins.
A scene showing a pioneer of British ballooning Major John Money (1752-1817) struggling to keep afloat after his balloon crashed into the sea. Saved by the sloop Argus he went on to write 'A Treatise on the Use of Balloons and Field Observators' (1803), in which he advocated the use of balloons for military purposes, retiring from the British army as full general.
[Ref: 45035] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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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)
![[Three ballooning prints on sheet from the European Magazine]](jpegs/57270.jpg)
[Three ballooning prints on sheet from the European Magazine] [An Air Balloon invented in the last Century] [The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon.] [The Descent of the Air Balloon]
[Jn.o Lodge sc.] [J. Lodge sc.]
[Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill, 1st March 1789.] [Engraved for the European Magazine.] [Published Dec.r 1st 1783 by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.]
Engravings on sheet, sheet 200 x 400mm (8 x 15¾"). Light foxing.
The first print is of three men sitting in a boat with four balloons attached, one man holds an oar to steer. The second and third are satires on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 58170 & 58171
[Ref: 57270] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Jn.o Lodge sc.] [J. Lodge sc.]
[Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill, 1st March 1789.] [Engraved for the European Magazine.] [Published Dec.r 1st 1783 by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.]
Engravings on sheet, sheet 200 x 400mm (8 x 15¾"). Light foxing.
The first print is of three men sitting in a boat with four balloons attached, one man holds an oar to steer. The second and third are satires on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 58170 & 58171
[Ref: 57270] £180.00 (£216.00 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)
The Ascension of Queen Caroline.
Tudor del.
London, Published for the Proprietor by J, Creswell, 121 Crawford St, Portman Square Aug.t 17th 1821.
Scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 360 x 170mm (14¼ x 6¾"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821]. Stains, horizontal fold, creasing.
Caroline of Brunswick on a cloud being lifted by a hot air balloon of cherubs after her death in 1821. A crown falls from the cloud.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra".
[Ref: 58196] £450.00
Tudor del.
London, Published for the Proprietor by J, Creswell, 121 Crawford St, Portman Square Aug.t 17th 1821.
Scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 360 x 170mm (14¼ x 6¾"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821]. Stains, horizontal fold, creasing.
Caroline of Brunswick on a cloud being lifted by a hot air balloon of cherubs after her death in 1821. A crown falls from the cloud.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra".
[Ref: 58196] £450.00
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)
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] 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
![[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
Second Voyage Aérien. Expériénce faite dans le Jardin Thueilleries par M.M. Charles et Robert, le 1.er x.bre 1783. Le Globe en Taffettas gommé de 26 Pieds de diamètre était plein d'Air inflammable.
Dessiné par le Ch.r de Lorimier. Gravé par N. De Launay.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, repair on right edge, paper toned.
A view of a balloon carrying professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert away from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, on the 1st December 1783. Coming less than a fortnight after Montolfier's first balloon flight, this was the first using hydrogen rather than hot air. Among the 400,000 spectators reported were Montgolfier and Benjamin Franklin.
[Ref: 57654] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par le Ch.r de Lorimier. Gravé par N. De Launay.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, repair on right edge, paper toned.
A view of a balloon carrying professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert away from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, on the 1st December 1783. Coming less than a fortnight after Montolfier's first balloon flight, this was the first using hydrogen rather than hot air. Among the 400,000 spectators reported were Montgolfier and Benjamin Franklin.
[Ref: 57654] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Les Frères Montgolfier.
Pigeot del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Engraving. 215 x 125mm. Slight stains.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne (1745-99) were the inventors of the montgolfière, or airship. Their first balloon was used in the first manned ascent, on November 21st 1783.
[Ref: 8260] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Pigeot del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Engraving. 215 x 125mm. Slight stains.
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne (1745-99) were the inventors of the montgolfière, or airship. Their first balloon was used in the first manned ascent, on November 21st 1783.
[Ref: 8260] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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)
Engraved for the European Magazine. The Descent of the Air Balloon.
Jn.o Lodge sc.
Publish'd Dec.r 1.st 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.
Engraving, plate 190 x 125mm (7½" x 5"). No11 and some pencil text is written at the top entering the plate mark. Nicks to edge of the paper.
A satire on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 57270. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58171] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Jn.o Lodge sc.
Publish'd Dec.r 1.st 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.
Engraving, plate 190 x 125mm (7½" x 5"). No11 and some pencil text is written at the top entering the plate mark. Nicks to edge of the paper.
A satire on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 57270. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58171] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the European Magazine. The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon.
Jn.o Lodge sc.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.
Engraving, plate 190 x 125mm (7½" x 5"). No11 and some pencil text is written in the top margin. Creases in margins. Stain on right that creeps into the plate mark.
A satire on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 57270. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58170] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Jn.o Lodge sc.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row.
Engraving, plate 190 x 125mm (7½" x 5"). No11 and some pencil text is written in the top margin. Creases in margins. Stain on right that creeps into the plate mark.
A satire on the Montgolfier brothers Le Réveillon balloon experiment were they put a a sheep, duck and cockerel in the basket to see if hot air ballooning is safe for mankind. The demonstration was held in front of Louis XVI and the royal family in the palace forecourt. The balloon left the ground and soared 600 metres into the air. Damaged by a rip in the fabric, it descended slowly eight minutes later after travelling 3.5 km and came back to land in the Wood of Vaucresson, at the Maréchal crossroads.
See Ref: 57270. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58170] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Le Nouveau Pâris. Ou la Pomme de discorde entre les Jeunes Filles de la Rue St. Martin et celles de la Rue St. Denis.
31 Juillet 1808.
Very rare cloured etching in frame: dimensions of frame 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A contemporary take on the story of the Golden Apple of Discord which Eris said she would give to the fairest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Paris, a Phrygian mortal, was called upon to judge the contest, and in this print Paris is an aeronaut who descends to arbitrate between the young women of the Rue St. Martin and the Rue St. Denis.
[Ref: 11229] £330.00
31 Juillet 1808.
Very rare cloured etching in frame: dimensions of frame 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A contemporary take on the story of the Golden Apple of Discord which Eris said she would give to the fairest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Paris, a Phrygian mortal, was called upon to judge the contest, and in this print Paris is an aeronaut who descends to arbitrate between the young women of the Rue St. Martin and the Rue St. Denis.
[Ref: 11229] £330.00
![[RAF monoplane.]](jpegs/37596.jpg)
[RAF monoplane.]
[by Cyril Barraud.]
[n.d., c.1935.]
Etching. 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"), watermarked F J Head & Co.
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.
[Ref: 37596] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[by Cyril Barraud.]
[n.d., c.1935.]
Etching. 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"), watermarked F J Head & Co.
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.
[Ref: 37596] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gloster Mars I, 'Bamel', G-EAXZ.]](jpegs/37597.jpg)
[Gloster Mars I, 'Bamel', G-EAXZ.]
[by Cyril Barraud.]
[n.d., 1922.]
Etching. 155 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Some staining.
Derived from the Nieuport Nighthawk, the Gloster Mars I was a single-seat racing biplane. In 1922 a Mars I made an attempt on the world air speed record. Although the recorded speed of 212.15 mph (342 km/h) was faster than the existing record, it did not exceed it by the required margin, so the record was not recognised. 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.
[Ref: 37597] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[by Cyril Barraud.]
[n.d., 1922.]
Etching. 155 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Some staining.
Derived from the Nieuport Nighthawk, the Gloster Mars I was a single-seat racing biplane. In 1922 a Mars I made an attempt on the world air speed record. Although the recorded speed of 212.15 mph (342 km/h) was faster than the existing record, it did not exceed it by the required margin, so the record was not recognised. 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.
[Ref: 37597] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Avro Training Biplane.
Signed in pencil Howard Leigh.
Etching 250 x 190mm, 7½ x 9¾". Light spotting.
Howard Leigh, American 1896-1981.
[Ref: 10908] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Signed in pencil Howard Leigh.
Etching 250 x 190mm, 7½ x 9¾". Light spotting.
Howard Leigh, American 1896-1981.
[Ref: 10908] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Biplane dogfight] S.E.5a.](jpegs/10907.jpg)
[Biplane dogfight] S.E.5a.
Howard Leigh [pencil signature].
Etching 250 x 190mm (7½ x 9¾"). Light spotting.
A First World War dogfight between a German and a British Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, the fastest aircraft in the war. Howard Leigh (1896-1981), an American etcher.
[Ref: 10907] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Howard Leigh [pencil signature].
Etching 250 x 190mm (7½ x 9¾"). Light spotting.
A First World War dogfight between a German and a British Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, the fastest aircraft in the war. Howard Leigh (1896-1981), an American etcher.
[Ref: 10907] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Blanchard. Citoyen de Calais Pensionaire de S.M.T..C. et Correspondent des plusieurs Accademies.
A.W. Küffner del. et sc.
[n.d., c.1800]
Stipple engraving. Printed area 75 x 55mm. Trimmed inside platemark left and right; foxing.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8222] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A.W. Küffner del. et sc.
[n.d., c.1800]
Stipple engraving. Printed area 75 x 55mm. Trimmed inside platemark left and right; foxing.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8222] £60.00 (£72.00 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)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard.
London, Pub.d. July 1; of 1785 by I. Sewel, Cornhill.
Engraving, 170 x 115mm. Trimmed close to platemark. Fine impression.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8204] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
London, Pub.d. July 1; of 1785 by I. Sewel, Cornhill.
Engraving, 170 x 115mm. Trimmed close to platemark. Fine impression.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8204] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
La Gloire de la Normandie. Mr. Blanchard.
à Rouen Chez Guedra et Gosselin M.d d'Est. [n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 190mm.
A rare portrait of the balloonist. French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight born 4 July 1753.
[Ref: 2862] £520.00
à Rouen Chez Guedra et Gosselin M.d d'Est. [n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 190mm.
A rare portrait of the balloonist. French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight born 4 July 1753.
[Ref: 2862] £520.00
"Aviation." Louis Bleriot. (The First to Fly the Chanel.)
F.W.
Supplement to "The Throne and Country." August 7, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"), large margins. Tears to edges, some creasing and surface dirt. Messy.
Full length portrait of Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872 – 1936) French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.
[Ref: 56967] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
F.W.
Supplement to "The Throne and Country." August 7, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"), large margins. Tears to edges, some creasing and surface dirt. Messy.
Full length portrait of Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872 – 1936) French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.
[Ref: 56967] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
"The Air," (Mr. Frank Hedges Butler.)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype, London.
[Lobndon, 1907.]
Colotype. Printed area 360 x 230mm, 14 x 9", with strip of letterpress biography.
Frank Hedges Butler (1855 - 1928), pictured in a hot-air balloon, megaphone in hand. Butler was one of the first people in England to own a motor-car, becoming the first Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Automobile Club. In 1901 he made a balloon ascent from Crystal Palace accompanied by his daughter Vera and the Hon. Charles Rolls (later of Rolls-Royce): while flying over Sidcup Vera suggested the formation of an Aero Club and so the Aero Club of the United Kingdom (now the Royal Aero Club) was founded. He was also a life Fellow of the R.G.S. and a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Squadron.
[Ref: 24592] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Hentschel-Colourtype, London.
[Lobndon, 1907.]
Colotype. Printed area 360 x 230mm, 14 x 9", with strip of letterpress biography.
Frank Hedges Butler (1855 - 1928), pictured in a hot-air balloon, megaphone in hand. Butler was one of the first people in England to own a motor-car, becoming the first Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Automobile Club. In 1901 he made a balloon ascent from Crystal Palace accompanied by his daughter Vera and the Hon. Charles Rolls (later of Rolls-Royce): while flying over Sidcup Vera suggested the formation of an Aero Club and so the Aero Club of the United Kingdom (now the Royal Aero Club) was founded. He was also a life Fellow of the R.G.S. and a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Squadron.
[Ref: 24592] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
N. Charles P. De Physique. Charles par un prodig a terrasse l'envie; Par l'eloquence, le Genie, Le Scavoir, l'intrepidite; Il assure ses droits a l'immortalite.
Se vend a Paris, chez Frieze Graveur Rue de Harlay, Maison de Mr. Berthoud [n.d. c.1785].
Etching. 150 x 210mm. Light foxing except for one bad spot inside plate mark just outside image to left.
Probably French physicist, aviator and inventor Jacques Charles [1746 - 1823].
[Ref: 2585] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Se vend a Paris, chez Frieze Graveur Rue de Harlay, Maison de Mr. Berthoud [n.d. c.1785].
Etching. 150 x 210mm. Light foxing except for one bad spot inside plate mark just outside image to left.
Probably French physicist, aviator and inventor Jacques Charles [1746 - 1823].
[Ref: 2585] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
M. Charles
[n.d., c. 1823.]
Copper engraving, 145 x 90mm. Trimmed close.
Jacques Alexander Cesar Charles (1746-1823) launched the first hydrogen balloon flight, which flew to an altitude of three kilometres in 1783. Charles himself subsequently took part in the first manned hydrogen balloon flight later that year.
[Ref: 8255] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c. 1823.]
Copper engraving, 145 x 90mm. Trimmed close.
Jacques Alexander Cesar Charles (1746-1823) launched the first hydrogen balloon flight, which flew to an altitude of three kilometres in 1783. Charles himself subsequently took part in the first manned hydrogen balloon flight later that year.
[Ref: 8255] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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)
[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)