Author:

Lachambre, Henri 1846-1904  Search this

Machuron, Alexis  Search this

Former owner:

Kendall, Evelyn Way 1893-1979 DSI  Search this

Publisher:

Enrico Voghera (Firm),)  Search this

Author:

Evelyn Way Kendall Ballooning and Early Aviation Collection DSI  Search this

Bookseller:

Gumuchian & cie. DSI  Search this

Physical description:

vi pages, 2 leaves, [3]-220 pages, 1 leaf including illustrations (including portraits, facsimile), plates 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Arctic regions

Arctic Regions

Date:

1898

Notes:

Illustrated title page

Translation of: Andrée, au pôle Nord en ballon

NASMRB copy 39088019133560 has an armorial bookplate with motto: Faire sans dire (no name given, but apparently representing the Fox family or the earls of Ilchester) on front pastedown endpaper.

NASMRB copy is a gift of Evelyn Way Kendall. This copy has Kendall Collection accession number L-095.

NASMRB copy has a later black half-leather binding with black embossed cloth-covered boards, gilt-tooled spine, brown endpapers, and red sprinkled edges. With a bookseller's printed label mounted on the lower right corner of the front cover: Gumuchian et cie., 112 rue de Richelieu, Paris, France.

Topic:

Balloon ascensions  Search this

Exploration, Aerial  Search this

Aerial exploration  Search this

Call number:

TL620.A65 L316 1898

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1079722