Nevers - Plate ballooning - eighteenth century - SOLD

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  Nevers - Plate ballooning - eighteenth century - SOLD

  NEVERS. Rare plate on board contoured with polychrome decoration of the ascent of Blanchard, with in the basket of palms and above what looks like a parachute. circa 1784 - Rare model - BLANCHARD will make several climbs from March 2, 1784 in the March field, seeking a solution to head into the air where the presence of fins and a kind of parachute. Bibliography: Similar model: "Contemporary Balloon Fountains of First Aeronautical Flights" N .Fouchet. P.29 Fig.59.

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