GENET, EDMOND CHARLES. Memorial of the Upward Forces of Fluids. Albany, 1825. With 6 engraved plates and one folding table. 8vo, original printed boards, light dampstaining to margin of upper cover, light marginal wear; some foxing, marginal dampstaining to first few leaves. FIRST EDITION. Howes G100; Aeronautical Americana 9; Streeter sale VII: 3974 ("The first book printed in the United States on practical aeronautics and on the first patent for an aeronautical invention...").
GENET, EDMOND CHARLES. Memorial of the Upward Forces of Fluids. Albany, 1825. With 6 engraved plates and one folding table. 8vo, original printed boards, light dampstaining to margin of upper cover, light marginal wear; some foxing, marginal dampstaining to first few leaves. FIRST EDITION. Howes G100; Aeronautical Americana 9; Streeter sale VII: 3974 ("The first book printed in the United States on practical aeronautics and on the first patent for an aeronautical invention...").
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