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BALLOONING. Collection of 9 items related to ballooning including:
5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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BALLOONING.
Collection of 9 items related to ballooning including:
1. GREEN, CHARLES. (1785-1870). Autograph Letter Signed, ("Chas Green"), 2 pp, 8vo, Holloway, London, September 12, 1852, discussing his first ascent in a balloon on July 19, 1821 to celebrate the coronation of George IV with coal gas.
2. [GREEN, CHARLES.] Lithograph portrait entitled Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Lambeth: G.P. Harding, July 9, 1839. India paper mounted to a larger sheet, 308 x 238 mm.
3. [GREEN, CHARLES.] Broadside, 227 x 185 mm, London, before September 21, 1836, announcing the ballooning exhibition given by Charles Green at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall.
4. JEFFRIES, JOHN. (1745-1819). Clipped Signature ("J. Jeffries"), 40 x 87 mm, matted with a stipple-engraved portrait of Jeffries. Jeffries, along with Jean-Pierre Blanchard, were the first to cross the English Channel in a balloon, doing so in 1785.
5. ZAMBECCARI, FRANCESCO. (1756-1812.) Autograph Letter Signed ("Francesco Zambeccari"), 1p, 4to, Island of Leon, April 5, 1775, matted with an engraved portrait. Italian ballooning pioneer whose first flew in a balloon in 1784. He died when his balloon caught fire in 1812.
6. SWEDISH BALLOONING. Den Arostatiska Kulan, som upgeck fran Observatorie Garden i Stockholm den 17 September 1784. Etching, 140 x 195 mm, matted.
* Lot also includes an engraved portrait of Jean Pierre Blanchard, a French engraving celebrating ballooning, and Thomas Rowlandson engraving depicting ballooning.
1. GREEN, CHARLES. (1785-1870). Autograph Letter Signed, ("Chas Green"), 2 pp, 8vo, Holloway, London, September 12, 1852, discussing his first ascent in a balloon on July 19, 1821 to celebrate the coronation of George IV with coal gas.
2. [GREEN, CHARLES.] Lithograph portrait entitled Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Lambeth: G.P. Harding, July 9, 1839. India paper mounted to a larger sheet, 308 x 238 mm.
3. [GREEN, CHARLES.] Broadside, 227 x 185 mm, London, before September 21, 1836, announcing the ballooning exhibition given by Charles Green at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall.
4. JEFFRIES, JOHN. (1745-1819). Clipped Signature ("J. Jeffries"), 40 x 87 mm, matted with a stipple-engraved portrait of Jeffries. Jeffries, along with Jean-Pierre Blanchard, were the first to cross the English Channel in a balloon, doing so in 1785.
5. ZAMBECCARI, FRANCESCO. (1756-1812.) Autograph Letter Signed ("Francesco Zambeccari"), 1p, 4to, Island of Leon, April 5, 1775, matted with an engraved portrait. Italian ballooning pioneer whose first flew in a balloon in 1784. He died when his balloon caught fire in 1812.
6. SWEDISH BALLOONING. Den Arostatiska Kulan, som upgeck fran Observatorie Garden i Stockholm den 17 September 1784. Etching, 140 x 195 mm, matted.
* Lot also includes an engraved portrait of Jean Pierre Blanchard, a French engraving celebrating ballooning, and Thomas Rowlandson engraving depicting ballooning.



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