‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning
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 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
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’, 6 July 1790; with a note on the document’s provenance, 1 Jan. 1827
Print captioned ‘Vorderseite des Marsfeldes am 1 Vendemiare des Jahres VII. Wettrennen Vorbrennen einer hölzernen Burg durch Aerostaten’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing a short notice headed ‘Prince Lucien Bonaparte and his Works’
Letter from Charles Green to P. N. Scott.
Cuttings from The Times, containing a letter from ‘Vespertilio’ headed ‘How to Navigate the Air’
Print of a rotary balloon designed by John Luntley
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
‘Proposal for establishing an Aëronautic Fraternity’, signed by Charles Green (president), F.(?) Green, William Upcott, Edward Spencer, Jacob Henry Burn, and J.(?) Green
Letter from Charles Green to P. N. Scott, 19 Aug. 1840, with a cutting from the Norwich Mercury, 22 Aug. 1840, containing a letter from Charles Green and a related note
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 The Times, containing a letter from G. S. N. headed ‘Children’s Balloons’
Cuttings from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Balloon Voyage’
Letter from Eugène Robertson to the Queen of the French
Cutting from the Illustrated London News, containing an article headed ‘The Late Charles Green’, with an engraved portrait
Cutting from The Times, containing part of a letter from E.A., headed ‘Aërial Travelling’
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 [Jean-Pierre] François Blanchard, engraved by [F. W.] Bollinger. Published at Zwickau by Schumann Brothers
Cropped half-title of An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England by Vincent Lunardi, signed by Lunardi
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’
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 an article headed ‘Ballooning across the Atlantic’
Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘The End of an Aeronaut’
