Experience de l'Aerostat nomme la Montgolfiere faite par Mr. Pilatre du Rozier a Versailles le 23 Juin 1784, en presence de la famille Rle....

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• PUBLISHER: A paris chez J. Chereau rue Sc. Jacques aux 2 Colonnes No.250.

• MEDIUM: Engraving, hand-colored

  DATE: 1784

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 7/8 x 15 11/16" (251 x 398 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: This is a "vue d'optique" or perspective view. These popular engravings were published in Europe during the last half of the 18th century. They were meant to be viewed through a device called a zograscope, or optical machine, which uses a pair of mirrors and a magnifying glass to give a 3-D like perspective.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair condition with extensive foxing. Tipped on paper.

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