Invitation from Dr and Mrs P. V. Cherian to Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence to attend the marriage of their daughter Sheila to Christopher Devapragasam at St George’s Cathedral, Madras, on 10 July 1961
‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning
Printed pamphlet entitled Système rationnel de navigation aérienne, a circulation stable, fondé sur le principe de la séparation des appareils, ainsi que sur l’emploi du point d’appui et pratiqué au moyen d’un propulseur rotatif a effet alterno-continu, by Hippolyte Barnout
Print of ‘A consultation previous to an aerial voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau on the 7th day of November 1836’, engraved by J. H. Robinson from the painting by John Hollins
Cutting from The Times, containing part of a letter from E.A., headed ‘Aërial Travelling’
Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Henry Coxwell headed ‘American War Balloons’
Print of separate portraits of Robert Hollond, Monck Mason, and Charles Green, lithographed by A. Butler from his own painting
Print of Charles Green, lithographed by G. P. Harding from his own drawing from the life. Published by Harding himself
Print of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket
Print of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket, engraved by Adlard and Hayes from a sketch by Robert Hollond. Published by F. C. Westley
Print captioned ‘Environs of Liège, seen from the balloon at night’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason
Print captioned ‘The balloon passing over Coblenz’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason
Print captioned ‘Descent of the balloon in the valley of Elbern’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason
Printed leaflet entitled Prospectus de la cinquante-unième ascencion de l’aéronaute Blanchard
Print of [Jean-Pierre] François Blanchard, engraved by [F. W.] Bollinger. Published at Zwickau by Schumann Brothers
Cutting from an album amicorum, bearing an inscription by [Jean-Pierre François] Blanchard
Rough notes by Joseph Michel Montgolfier headed ‘Diverses idées sur la fabriquation des tableaux en minag[…?] qui peuvent estre executés par la voye de la fabriquation du papier’, 6 July 1790; with a note on the document’s provenance, 1 Jan. 1827
Cropped half-title of An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England by Vincent Lunardi, signed by Lunardi
Print captioned ‘Vorderseite des Marsfeldes am 1 Vendemiare des Jahres VII. Wettrennen Vorbrennen einer hölzernen Burg durch Aerostaten’
Letter from R. M. Milnes to Arthur Hallam, written during an ascent in a balloon on 29 May 1829, with later notes on the occasion of its composition
Cutting from a newspaper, containing a short notice headed ‘Prince Lucien Bonaparte and his Works’
Cutting from The Times, containing letters from C. H. H. and C. R. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’
Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Lang and Co. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’
Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from G. S. N. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’
Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Wonderful, if True’
Printed score of ‘Le Voyage aérien’, a song by Gustave Nadaud (version No. 1, for baritone or contralto and piano), illustrated with a lithograph by Celestin Nanteuil
Cuttings from The Times, containing a letter from ‘Vespertilio’ headed ‘How to Navigate the Air’
Cuttings from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Balloon Voyage’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘Ballooning across the Atlantic’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘A Fearful Balloon Voyage’
