Histoire Et Pratique De L' Aerostation. Traduit De L'anglois. Cavallo, Tibere. Tick

FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1786, 8vo, approximately 195 x 125 mm, 7¾ x 5 inches, 2 folding engraved plates, head- and tailpieces, pages: [ii], iv, 1-80, 91-243, jump in pagination in all copies, signatures correct, all text present, rebound by Parisian binder Ateliers Laurenchet, in full modern calf, gilt lettered morocco label to spine, gilt decoration to spine, blind rules to edges of covers, marbled endpapers and new free endpapers (binder's name on verso first marbled endpaper). Pale age-browning to text, slightly heavy on a few pages, small burn spot to 1 outer margin, not near text, occasional spot otherwise a very good tight copy. First published in English 1785. Cavallo, born in Naples, came to London in 1771 and spent the rest of his life working on scientific research, especially electricity and gas. In 1779 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 16. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.