Joseph LECORNU
La navigation aérienne
Vuibert et Nony|Paris 1910|20.50 x 30.50 cm|relié
Third edition, the only one in publisher's boards, abundantly illustrated with in-text vignettes and some plates.
Publisher's binding in full tender green cloth. Compositions on the spine, balloon and aircraft. Large gilt plate signed Souze on the upper cover with a dirigible and an airplane in the starry night, above Paris and the Pantheon. Rubbing to headcaps and corners. Spine slightly lightened. A small depression under the airplane without notable impact. Paper very fresh, probably slightly browned in a uniform manner.
Handsome copy in good condition.
History of aerial navigation. Antiquity and middle ages, 17th and 18th centuries. 19th century, balloons, dirigibles, airplanes... The siege of Paris, aerial sport... Aeroplanes, military aspect. Lecornu was an engineer and member of the French society of aerial navigation. The work is amply documented, historically and technically.
Publisher's binding in full tender green cloth. Compositions on the spine, balloon and aircraft. Large gilt plate signed Souze on the upper cover with a dirigible and an airplane in the starry night, above Paris and the Pantheon. Rubbing to headcaps and corners. Spine slightly lightened. A small depression under the airplane without notable impact. Paper very fresh, probably slightly browned in a uniform manner.
Handsome copy in good condition.
History of aerial navigation. Antiquity and middle ages, 17th and 18th centuries. 19th century, balloons, dirigibles, airplanes... The siege of Paris, aerial sport... Aeroplanes, military aspect. Lecornu was an engineer and member of the French society of aerial navigation. The work is amply documented, historically and technically.
€500