Author: Turnor, Hatton.
Title: ASTRA CASTRA. Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere.
Description: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st Ed. Large 4to. [xxiv] + 530pp. Frontis., 40 plates and numerous vignettes. E.ps. very lightly spotted, ex.-libris Mike Willoughby, frontis. re-tipped to hinge, upper hinge neatly repaired, contemporary morocco backed boards rubbed with sl. wear to extremities, corners sl. bumped, rebacked with original spine laid down. ¶ ‘A compendium of aeronautical literature ranging from ancient mythology to scientific advances of the 1860s. Christopher Hatton Turnor, the compiler, reviewed ballooning and other lighter-than-air flight, with some references to heavier-than-air flight attempts. The work contains 12 chapters with 22 portraits of balloonists and lists the names of the first 500 people to ascend in balloons, giving the dates and places of their first ascents. It also notes that ten of the balloonists had died in ballooning accidents.’ Smithsonian Institute.

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