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‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning

Crewe MS/8
Unidad documental simple
1784–1870

On the spine is stamped 'Aeronautica'.

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

Crewe MS/8/f. 2r
Parte
1857

Parte deCrewe Manuscripts

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

Crewe MS/8/f. 8
Parte
[1843]

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The men depicted in the illustration are, from left to right, Walter Prideaux, John Hollins, William Milbourne James, Robert Hollond, Charles Green, and Thomas Monck Mason.

(No caption. Title and date supplied from British Museum No. 1858,0613.402. )

Cutting from The Times, containing part of a letter from E.A., headed ‘Aërial Travelling’

Crewe MS/8/inside front cover
Parte
13 May 1863

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Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Henry Coxwell headed ‘American War Balloons’

Crewe MS/8/inside front cover
Parte
24 Oct. 1861

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Print of separate portraits of Robert Hollond, Monck Mason, and Charles Green, lithographed by A. Butler from his own painting

Crewe MS/8/f. 10
Parte
[c. 1838]

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Print of Charles Green, lithographed by G. P. Harding from his own drawing from the life. Published by Harding himself

Crewe MS/8/f. 12r
Parte
9 July 1839

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The caption gives brief details of Green’s aeronautical career, with a facsimile of his signature.

Print of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket

Crewe MS/8/f. 14
Parte
[c. 1838]

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(No caption or other information.)

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

Crewe MS/8/f. 16
Parte
[c. 1838]

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(No caption or other printed information. Details supplied from Monck Mason’s Aeronautica.)

Print captioned ‘Environs of Liège, seen from the balloon at night’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason

Crewe MS/8/f. 18
Parte
[c. 1838]

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Print captioned ‘The balloon passing over Coblenz’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason

Crewe MS/8/f. 20
Parte
[c. 1838]

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Print captioned ‘Descent of the balloon in the valley of Elbern’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason

Crewe MS/8/f. 22
Parte
[c. 1838]

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Printed leaflet entitled Prospectus de la cinquante-unième ascencion de l’aéronaute Blanchard

Crewe MS/8/f. 25r
Parte
[1800]

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Print of [Jean-Pierre] François Blanchard, engraved by [F. W.] Bollinger. Published at Zwickau by Schumann Brothers

Crewe MS/8/f. 26r
Parte
[c. 1800]

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Cutting from an album amicorum, bearing an inscription by [Jean-Pierre François] Blanchard

Crewe MS/8/f. 26r
Parte
15 Dec. 1788

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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

Crewe MS/8/f. 27r
Parte
6 July 1790

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Cropped half-title of An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England by Vincent Lunardi, signed by Lunardi

Crewe MS/8/f. 28r
Parte
1784

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Print captioned ‘Vorderseite des Marsfeldes am 1 Vendemiare des Jahres VII. Wettrennen Vorbrennen einer hölzernen Burg durch Aerostaten’

Crewe MS/8/f. 29r
Parte
[c. 1798]

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(Marked ‘Siehe S.377’.)

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

Crewe MS/8/f. 30r
Parte
29 May 1829

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(The date of the ascent is mistakenly given as 1828.)

Cutting from a newspaper, containing a short notice headed ‘Prince Lucien Bonaparte and his Works’

Crewe MS/8/f. 30v
Parte
[1862]

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Cutting from The Times, containing letters from C. H. H. and C. R. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’

Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
Parte
20 Mar. 1857

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Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Lang and Co. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’

Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
Parte
26 Mar. 1857

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Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from G. S. N. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’

Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
Parte
31 Mar. 1857

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Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Wonderful, if True’

Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
Parte
27 Jan. 1857

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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

Crewe MS/8/f. 33r
Parte
[c. 1860]

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Cuttings from The Times, containing a letter from ‘Vespertilio’ headed ‘How to Navigate the Air’

Crewe MS/8/f. 34r
Parte
20 Sept. 1859

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Cuttings from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Balloon Voyage’

Crewe MS/8/f. 35r
Parte
27 July 1859

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Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘Ballooning across the Atlantic’

Crewe MS/8/f. 36r
Parte
[c. 1859]

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Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘A Fearful Balloon Voyage’

Crewe MS/8/f. 36r
Parte
[Oct. 1858]

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Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Lost Balloonist’

Crewe MS/8/f. 36r
Parte
14 Oct. 1858

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