Carra...
Dates
- Creation: 19th century
Creator
- Boitard, Louis-Philippe (Illustrator, Person)
- Carra, Jean-Louis, 1743-1793 (Author, Person)
- Maggs Bros. (Auctioneer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Access to the Theodore Newton Vail Collection of Aeronautical Images, Broadsides and Clippings is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Box 18
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
10 pages; 24.5 x 18.4 cm
General Note
Pages from various auction catalogs describing items or books that related to aeronautics or flying, including reproduced prints from Jean-Louis Carra's treatise "Essai sur la Nautique aérienne, contenant l’art de diriger les Ballons aérostatiques à volonté, & d’accélérer leur course dans les plaines de l’air...," Owen Cambridge's satirical poem "The Scribleriad," and "The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins" by Robert Paltock.
Subject
- Boitard, Louis-Philippe (Person)
- Cambridge, Richard Owen, 1717-1802 (Person)
- Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767 (Person)
- Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
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