ANDRÉE, SALOMON AUGUST:
Iakttagelser under en ballongfärd. [Collection of six reports from different test flights in a small hydrogen gas balloon called "Svea" in preparation for the big polar expedition]. Six volumes. Stockholm, Kongl. Boktryckeriet P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1894-95.
. Pp. 36, 39, 16, 18, 25, 20. Text in Swedish. With 26 maps and plans. As issued in original printed wrappers. Housed in a specially made box, gilt decorated boards, calf spine with printed title. A total of nine test flights were made in the balloon Svea led by Salomon August Andrée, the renowned Swedish engineer and aeronaut. The test flights preceded the unsuccessful expedition headed for the North Pole in the balloon Örnen in 1897. The fate of the expedition was unknown for 33 years until a Norwegian ship discovered remains at Kvit¿ya (White Island) in 1930. This collection includes observations made during six of the balloon test flights. They were carried out in August and October 1893, February, April and July 1894 and in March 1895. ("Bihang till Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Band 20, Afd. II:o.1 + II:3-6 & Band 21, Afd. II:8").
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