Ballooning.- Montgolfiér-style hot air balloon.- Wallis (John, publisher) Representation of the Air Baloon of Mr. Montgolfier, in the field of Mars near Paris, broadside with descriptive text below relating details of the public demonstration of Montgolfier's air balloon, etching and engraving, on laid paper with watermark of fleur-de-lis, platemark 390 x 268 mm (15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in), sheet 405 x 285 mm (15 7/8 x 11 1/4 in), two horizontal creases, some minor browning and surface dirt, handling creases, numbered '6' in brown ink to upper right quadrant, faint pencil markings, unframed, Map Warehouse, Ludgate Street, 1783.
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