Author: Charles Dollfus; Henri Bouche
Title: Histoire de L&Apos;Aeronautique
Description: Paris, L'Illustration, 1942. Leather. A beautifully illustrated treatise on the history of flight, in the original French by Dollfus and Bouche, lavishly illustrated in both colour and monochrome throughout. In the original French.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, eleven double-paged plates, fifty-eight monochrome plates, and lavishly throughout with monochrome illustrations to every page.A brilliant exploration on the history of flight, an extensive study on the phenomena of flight, from the ancient legends to flight technology at the beginning of the twentieth century, particularly with World War One.This work interestingly focusses on ballooning as a craze, with many illustrations showing early ballooning science and the people behind the advances. Text by Charles Dollfus and Henri Bouche.A reprint of this work, first published in 1909. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the boards and spine, resulting in the cloth to the joints to be lifting a little. Some marks to the boards and spine. Rubbing has resulted in a little loss of leather to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Hinges are strained but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the plates. Frontispiece is detaching. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Histoire de l'Aeronautique charles dollfus henri bouche flight charles dollfus aeronautics Various
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Title: Histoire de L&Apos;Aeronautique
Description: Paris, L'Illustration, 1942. Leather. A beautifully illustrated treatise on the history of flight, in the original French by Dollfus and Bouche, lavishly illustrated in both colour and monochrome throughout. In the original French.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, eleven double-paged plates, fifty-eight monochrome plates, and lavishly throughout with monochrome illustrations to every page.A brilliant exploration on the history of flight, an extensive study on the phenomena of flight, from the ancient legends to flight technology at the beginning of the twentieth century, particularly with World War One.This work interestingly focusses on ballooning as a craze, with many illustrations showing early ballooning science and the people behind the advances. Text by Charles Dollfus and Henri Bouche.A reprint of this work, first published in 1909. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the boards and spine, resulting in the cloth to the joints to be lifting a little. Some marks to the boards and spine. Rubbing has resulted in a little loss of leather to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Hinges are strained but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the plates. Frontispiece is detaching. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Histoire de l'Aeronautique charles dollfus henri bouche flight charles dollfus aeronautics Various
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 858P25
- Book number: 858P25
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