Navis aeria et elegiarum monobiblos by ZAMAGNA, Bernard - 1768
by ZAMAGNA, Bernard
Navis aeria et elegiarum monobiblos
by ZAMAGNA, Bernard
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Rome: Paul Giunchio, 1768. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (190 x 126 mm). vi, 151 [1] pp., including engraved title-vignette, one full-page engraving of an airship (after Lana Terzi), errata on final page. Pages untrimmed. Fine 20th century quarter calf, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered morocco label (little rubbing to spine ends), marbled endpapers. Internally crisp and clean with only very minor age-toning. Provenance: Brooklyn Public Library (bookplate to front pastedown). ---- FIRST EDITION. Zamagna's narrative poem of an imaginary aerial voyage around the world which was inspired by Lana Terzi's aeronautic experiments.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Paul Giunchio
- Place of Publication Rome
- Date Published 1768
- Keywords aviation, airships, Lana Terzi, aerial voyages Technology
