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

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inside front cover Cutting from The Times, containing a letter from Henry Coxwell headed ‘American War Balloons’ Part 24 Oct. 1861 View
f. 20 Print captioned ‘The balloon passing over Coblenz’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason Part c. 1838 View
f. 22 Print captioned ‘Descent of the balloon in the valley of Elbern’, lithographed by A. Butler from a sketch by Monck Mason Part c. 1838 View
f. 26r Cutting from an album amicorum, bearing an inscription by Jean-Pierre Blanchard Part 15 Dec. 1788 View
f. 31r Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Wonderful, if True’ Part 27 Jan. 1857 View
f. 36r Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article headed ‘A Fearful Balloon Voyage’ Part Oct. 1858 View
f. 36r Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘A Lost Balloonist’ Part 14 Oct. 1858 View
f. 38r Printed pamphlet entitled Air-Navigation by means of the Rotary Balloon, by John Luntley Part 1851 View
between ff. 38 and 39 Cutting from a newspaper, containing a notice of the death of Charles Green Part Apr. 1870 View