Bollettino della Societa Aeronautica Italiana [revista, otto numeri] Luglio 1905 - Dicembre 1906

Roma, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Eight issues in two bound volumes. Library bindings, green cloth with marbled sides (rubber stamp of Berliner Verein fur Luftschiffahrt (Berlin Airship Association) on initial issue; bookplate of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base). Bindings show some edgewear. The 1906 volume has five pages with surface damage where pages had been stuck together (leaving a few words effaced); one leaf has a large chip to the fore-edge margin, affecting the last letters of some words; otherwise, the issues are in good condition. Full-year indexes at the end of each volume. Illustrated with many photographs and diagrams throughout. Scarce. Early Italian aeronautics periodical (1905-1906), extensively illustrated, chronicling the research, development, and experiments with gliders, air balloons, dirigibles, as well as airplane and helicopter prototypes. Includes aerodynamic studies; records of flights in Italy; notes on developments in the United States and Europe; reports of displays at expositions (London, Milan, etc); mechanical devices; notes on specific inventors and pilots; flight maps; an article comparatively illustrating examples of the inventions of Goupil, Lillienthal, Maxim, Langley, Renard, Wellner, Zahm, Marey, Recknagel, Von Loessl, Ferber, Wright, Herve, Pichou, Faccioli, Canovetti, Finzi, and Bertelli; and much more. Volume Secondo. Anno 1905. (pp. [105]-228, ii) Luglio-Agosto-Settembre Ottobre Novembre-Dicembre Volume Terzo. Anno 1906. (pp. 1-336, viii) Gennaio-Febbraio Marzo-Aprile Maggio-Giugno Luglio-Agosto-Settembre Ottobre-Novembre-Dicembre