Le Ballon de Lyon, nomme le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102 de diametre, d'apres les dimensions donnees par Mr. Montgolfier et eleve des Brotteaux jusquapres de 1400 Toises, le 19 Janvier 1784.

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• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1784.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/4 x 6 5/8" (235 x 168 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Depicted is one of the Montgolfier brothers' flights. The brothers are regarded as the first to ever take to the air in a balloon, with their first flight having taken place in France in 1783.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition, save for toning in the margins.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Aviation , Lighter than Air