‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning
Letter from A. V. Alexander to Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Letter from Isaac Barrow to the Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
Cutting from a newspaper, containing a notice of the death of Charles Green
Printed pamphlet entitled Air-Navigation by means of the Rotary Balloon, by John Luntley
Print of a rotary balloon designed by John Luntley
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘A Fearful Balloon Voyage’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing a humorous reference to an advertisement announcing that ‘Chauvin has discovered the law of balloon-driving’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘The End of an Aeronaut’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘Ballooning across the Atlantic’
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
Cutting from a newspaper, containing a short notice headed ‘Prince Lucien Bonaparte and his Works’
Print captioned ‘Vorderseite des Marsfeldes am 1 Vendemiare des Jahres VII. Wettrennen Vorbrennen einer hölzernen Burg durch Aerostaten’
Cropped half-title of An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England by Vincent Lunardi, signed by Lunardi
Printed leaflet entitled Prospectus de la cinquante-unième ascencion de l’aéronaute 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’
Cutting from an album amicorum, bearing an inscription by Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Print of (Jean-Pierre) François Blanchard, engraved by F. W. Bollinger. Published at Zwickau by Schumann Brothers
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
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
Print captioned ‘Environs of Liège, seen from the balloon at night’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason
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 of a hot-air balloon with three men in the basket
Print of separate portraits of Robert Hollond, Monck Mason, and Charles Green, lithographed by A. Butler from his own painting
Letter from George Airy
Poem written at Hallsteads about Julia Elliott
Diary and account book belonging to Thomas Hebbes
Arthur Munby: poems about and postcards to Hannah Cullwick
