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Navis aeria et elegiarum monobiblos
by ZAMAGNA, Bernard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Ritterhude, Germany
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About This Item
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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- Milestones of Science Books
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- Title
- Navis aeria et elegiarum monobiblos
- Author
- ZAMAGNA, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Giunchio
- Place of Publication
- Rome
- Date Published
- 1768
- Keywords
- aviation, airships, Lana Terzi, aerial voyages Technology
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