Expérience aërostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783,Montgolfier brothers

Title: Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
Date Created/Published: [S.l. : s.n., 1783]
Summary: Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only passengers aboard the first balloon flight.
Notes:
Caption (French): Expérience ae?rostatique faite à Versailles le 19 sept. 1783, en présence de leurs Majestés de la Famille Roÿale ...
Caption (German): Versuch welcher zu Versailles den 19 Sept. 1783 in Gegenwart Ihrn Majestäten ...
Title from item, printed in reverse.
Tissandier collection.
Exhibited: 'The Dream of Flight' : American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003-04.
Exhibited: The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin and the Age of Enlightenment, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-2007.
Subjects:
Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne,--1745-1799.
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,--1740-1810.
Balloon ascensions--France--Paris--1780-1790.
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Paris--1780-1790.
Etchings--Hand-colored--1780-1790.
Vues d'optique--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2002736265/
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