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On August 27 1783, the balloon of Jacques Charles (1746-1823) flew empty from the Champ-de-Mars and traveled sixteen kilometers to Gonesse.

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N°. 3 – Charles lance à Paris le premier aérostat (1783)
Charles launches the first aerostat in Paris · Charles startet den ersten Aerostat in Paris (1783)

Medium: 10 prints (ephemera) (1 sheet) : chromolithograph.
Created/published: Paris : Romanet & cie., imp. edit., [between 1890 and 1900]
Notes: sheet of 10 uncut cards, individually captioned and numbered; issued as "Collection 476," "1re série."; French captions on each card; Tissandier collection.
Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003-04.

Call number: LOT 13416, no. 31 [P&P]; reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02562 (digital file from original print); card number: 2002717348. No known restrictions on publication.

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N°. 3 – Charles lance à Paris le premier aérostat (1783)


Charles launches the first aerostat in Paris · Charles startet den ersten Aerostat in Paris (1783)
Date between 1890 and 1900
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source ppmsca.02562
Author Created/published: Paris : Romanet & Cie., imp. edit.,

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