WISE, JOHN. A System of Aeronautics, Comprehending its Earliest Investigations, and Modern Practice and Art. Portrait frontispiece, 11 lithographed

WISE, JOHN. A System of Aeronautics, Comprehending its Earliest Investigations, and Modern Practice and Art. Portrait frontispiece, 11 lithographed plates of balloons and other aerostatic vessels. 8vo, later 1/4 morocco; foxed; ex-library, with a bookplate on the front pastedown and blindstamp on the dedication leaf. Errata slip bound in after the title. first edition. Philadelphia, 1850