Naseby Books - Book Details
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Naseby Books - Book Details |
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| Author | Gardiner Leslie | ||
| Title | Man in the Clouds the Story of Vincenzo Lunardi | ||
| BookID | 114661 | Asking Price (£) | 9.50 |
| Publisher | W & R Chambers | Edition | 1st |
| Published Place | Edinburgh & London | Book Condition | Good |
| Published Year | 1963 | Jacket Condition | No Jacket |
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| Between Italy and Scotland, this young man from Lucca ballooned and was hailed as a hero, there are some wonderful plates of his balloons dd 1780's including one of his balloon with wings on show at the Pantheon Hall London. There is a lovely one of an aerial tete-a-tet showing Letitia Sage and George Biggin flying Lunardi's second balloon to Harrow 1785 11 plates. 184pp | |||
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