Print, coloured. Experience aerostatique Faite a V

Print, coloured. Experience aerostatique Faite a Versailles le 19th September, 1783 en presence de leurs Majesties de la Famille Royale. Description in French and German. ( Hot-air balloon ascent at Versailles in presence of Louis XIV). 16 1/4x13 in. A demonstration flight by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles using a cloth balloon with a sheep, cock and duck in a wicker basket