[Rarebooks] FS: THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON AERONAUTICS, 1850, superb copy

[Charles Agvent]

One of many important books, including many new arrivals not yet listed 
on the internet, that we will be bringing to the New York Book Fair, 
April 8 - 10, at the Armory on Park Ave. and 67th St.  Please visit us 
in booth D8.

WISE, John. A SYSTEM OF AERONAUTICS, COMPREHENDING ITS EARLIEST 
INVESTIGATIONS, AND MODERN PRACTICE AND ART DESIGNED AS A HISTORY FOR 
THE COMMON READER, AND GUIDE TO THE STUDENT OF THE ART. IN THREE PARTS. 
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS ATTEMPTS IN THE ART OF FLYING BY 
ARTIFICIAL MEANS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE 
AERONAUTIC MACHINE BY THE MONTGOLFIERS, IN 1782, AND TO A LATER PERIOD. 
WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AUTHOR'S FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AERIAL 
VOYAGES. ALSO, FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF MAKING BALLOONS, 
PARACHUTES, ETC. ETC., AS ADAPTED TO THE PRACTICE OF AERIAL NAVIGATION, 
AND DIRECTIONS TO PREPARE EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS. Philadelphia: Joseph A. 
Speel, 1850. First Edition. Octavo, in the publisher's brown cloth; 310 
pages with Errata slip tipped in. THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON 
AERONAUTICS. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and 12 
lithographic plates, most illustrating famous balloons. Wise is 
considered to be the first American aeronaut of any consequence and made 
numerous contributions to the field including experiments with 
parachutes and the construction of air balloons. Scattered light to 
moderate foxing with little effect on the plates. Very light wear to the 
spine head, the cloth bright and fresh. Close to Fine and quite scarce 
as such.         $1,500.00

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