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Journal and certificates on the fourth voyage of Mr. Blanchard who ascended from the Royal Military Academy, at Chelsea, the 16th of October, 1784, at 9 minutes past twelve o'clock, and was accompanied, as far as Sunbury, by John Sheldon ... and, from Sunbury, continued his voyage, alone, to Rumsey, in Hampshire Dedicated, by permission, to His Grace, the Duke of Northumberland

Catalog Data

Author:
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 1753-1809  Search this
Bookseller:
Babbs, W., active 1784  Search this
Baldwin, Richard 1724-1770  Search this
Debrett, John -1822  Search this
Elmsley, Peter 1734 or 1735-1802  Search this
Faulder, Robert 1747 or 1748-1815  Search this
Author:
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 1753-1809 Journal et procès verbaux du quatrième voyage aërien de M. Blanchard  Search this
Inscriber:
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 1753-1809 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Kendall, Evelyn Way 1893-1979 DSI  Search this
Printer:
Baker and Galabin  Search this
Physical description:
4, 29, [1] pages 28 cm (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
England
Date:
1784
Notes:
First edition in English. Originally published in French in the same year and place, using the same printer and booksellers, under the title: Journal et procès verbaux du quatrième voyage aërien de M. Blanchard
Signatures: [A]² B-D⁴ E⁴ (-E4)
The final page is blank
English short title catalogue T29199
NASMRB copy 39088019133792 is signed in ink by Blanchard at the end of the dedication, page 4 (1st group).
NASMRB copy is a gift of Evelyn Way Kendall.
NASMRB copy has Kendall Collection accession number L-022.
NASMRB copy has a modern burgundy cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine.
Topic:
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Balloon ascensions  Search this
Call number:
TL620.B6 A4 4thX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1075105