Auction 487/round/2 BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Sep 22, 2020 (your local time)
Italy
 Via Pontaccio 12, 20121 Milano

Auction 487

22 September 2020

II session - 3.30 pm, from lot 135 to lot 270

Venue: Via Pontaccio 12, Milano

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LOT 140:

[AEROSTATICA] - ORLANDI, Francesco - Descrizione della aerobata o macchina aereobatica costrutta dal signor ...

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[AEROSTATICA] - ORLANDI, Francesco - Descrizione della aerobata o macchina aereobatica costrutta dal signor Francesco Orlandi. Macerata: Mancini Cortesi, 1829. Interesting lot dedicated to the figure of Francesco Orlandi, a famous pupil of Francesco Zambeccari who continued the master's experiments after his death on 22 September 1812 during a flight in which he himself had to take part. 8vo (200 x 135mm). Two folding plates as frontispiece, contemporaru wrappers (slightly damaged) - [WITH:] [Descrizione della nuova macchina aerobatica. Padova: Penada 1844] 8vo, (200 x 135 mm). (Without frontispiece), engraved author's portrait, a folding plate. Contemporary wrappers on marbled paper - Il Corriere delle Dame, Milano 16 Agosto 1828, n.33 with notes on Orlandi at p. 158 - Il Corriere delle Dame. Milan 7 Aprile 1827 n. 14 with news about Orlani at p.107.