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

• Crewe MS/8
• Stuk
• 1784–1870

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• 1857

Part of Crewe 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
• Deel
• [1843]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/inside front cover
• Deel
• 13 May 1863

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/inside front cover
• Deel
• 24 Oct. 1861

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• 9 July 1839

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 14
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 20
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• [c. 1838]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 25r
• Deel
• [1800]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

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

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 26r
• Deel
• 15 Dec. 1788

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• 6 July 1790

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 28r
• Deel
• 1784

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

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

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• 29 May 1829

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 30v
• Deel
• [1862]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
• Deel
• 20 Mar. 1857

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
• Deel
• 26 Mar. 1857

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
• Deel
• 31 Mar. 1857

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 31r
• Deel
• 27 Jan. 1857

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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
• Deel
• [c. 1860]

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 34r
• Deel
• 20 Sept. 1859

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 35r
• Deel
• 27 July 1859

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

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

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

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

Part of Crewe Manuscripts

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

• Crewe MS/8/f. 36r
• Deel
• 14 Oct. 1858

Part of Crewe Manuscripts