Title: A Treatise Upon the Art of Flying, by Mechanical Means; With a Full Explanation of the Natural Principles by Which Birds are Enabled to Fly: Likewise, Instructions and Plans for Making a Flying Car With Wings, in Which a Man May Sit, and, by Working a Small Lever, Cause Himself to Ascend and Soar Through the Air Author: Walker, Thomas Place: Hull Publisher: Printed by Joseph Simmons for Longman, et al Date: 1810 Description: [iii]-x, [5]-67 pp. Frontispiece supplied in facsimile. (8vo) 8¼x5, modern full red calf, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "First edition of one of the rarest English books on Aviation...Walker's ideas on the practicability of flight as a means of aerial transportation were based (as stated on the title-page of his treatise) upon 'the natural principles by which birds are enabled to fly." (Maggs, The History of Flight, catalogue 619 for 1936, #178) Lot Amendments Condition: Title page worn at edges and with repair on verso, foxing; lacking original frontispiece (supplied in facsimile); else very good in a new binding. Item number: 207016
Title: A Treatise Upon the Art of Flying, by Mechanical Means; With a Full Explanation of the Natural Principles by Which Birds are Enabled to Fly: Likewise, Instructions and Plans for Making a Flying Car With Wings, in Which a Man May Sit, and, by Working a Small Lever, Cause Himself to Ascend and Soar Through the Air Author: Walker, Thomas Place: Hull Publisher: Printed by Joseph Simmons for Longman, et al Date: 1810 Description: [iii]-x, [5]-67 pp. Frontispiece supplied in facsimile. (8vo) 8¼x5, modern full red calf, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "First edition of one of the rarest English books on Aviation...Walker's ideas on the practicability of flight as a means of aerial transportation were based (as stated on the title-page of his treatise) upon 'the natural principles by which birds are enabled to fly." (Maggs, The History of Flight, catalogue 619 for 1936, #178) Lot Amendments Condition: Title page worn at edges and with repair on verso, foxing; lacking original frontispiece (supplied in facsimile); else very good in a new binding. Item number: 207016
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