Books with title Balloons and Ballooning

This is an extraordinary collection of 20 colored illustrations, very special because of their pictorial quality. The early balloons with different shapes and colors reflect a certain charm and beauty. When seen by the artists and engravers of the 18th century and the Regency, they take on an added period flavor, and such balloon pictures have won their own small renown among collectors. The colored illustrations of the early vessels are in the same class, beautifully rendered to the point where they could be proudly framed and hung on the wall. A nice vintage collection of colored plates.

Hardcover, gold-patterned boards, 6 pages of text, 11 early balloons and 10 sailing ships and steamers shown on full-page plates in full color, with brief captions. 52 pages in total. All illustrations reproduced from early sources. English throughout, except 7 captions are in French and one is in German. *** Gives a concise history of hot-air balloons and ballooning from 1783 to 1817, as exemplified by early balloon prints selected for their pictorial quality.