Pocock, George, A treatise on the æropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air , 1851
- Title(s):
- A treatise on the æropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air : by means of kites, or buoyant sails : with a description of the charvolant, or kite carriage : and containing numerous most amusing and interesting anecdotes connected with several extraordinary excursions both by sea and land : with characteristic illustrations, drawn on stone by Rose Gilbert ; from designs by David Cox, jun.
- Additional Title(s):
Treatise on the aeropleustic art
Navigation in the air
History of the charvolant or kite carriage- Published/Created:
- London : Longman, Brown, and Co., 1851.
- Physical Description:
- 54 p., [7] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 38Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3322559
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Cover title, on publisher's illustrated boards: History of the charvolant or kite carriage. Cover lithographs by Day & Son.
Lithographs printed by Alfred Pocock.
First published, London, 1827, under title "The aeropleustic art", with dedication signed: George Pocock.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 395
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original illustrated printed boards, as issued. Cased with: Nobleman and gentleman's director and assistant in the choice of their wheel-carriage. London, 1783. (L 407.5) - Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Kites -- Great Britain.Longman, Brown, and Co. -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1851.
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