Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lot 244
[EARLY BALLOONING] HARTWIG
[EARLY BALLOONING] HARTWIG, DR. G - MARVELS OVER OUR HEADS London, Longmans, 1894. 8vo, frontispiece of a balloon, woodcut illustrations, near-fine in original pictorial cloth with a balloon on the upper cover. An interesting little work covering mainly natural phenomena such as waterspouts, tornadoes, shooting stars, etc., but with a good chapter on early ballooning towards the rear
Estimate: £40 - 60