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Brescia - Aeronautica - Lana Terzi, Francesco
Prodrome or essay on some new inventions prefaced to the Master Art, 1670
Estimate
€ 300 - 500
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At auction on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 15:00
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Brescia, heirs of Rizzardi Antonio, 1670. 2nd page. Figured woodcut headpieces and initials, with 20 full-page copperplate plates at the end, including the plate of the famous hot air balloon. Small hole in the outer white margin of the first leaves. Small hole in the outer white margin of the AB quires. Light water stain on the first quires. Contemporary half-vellum binding with corners, holes, and defects. Ownership note on the title page.
Specialist Notes
Original edition of this pioneering work in the history of aeronautics. In the work, the author presents several technological innovations, the best-known of which is the construction of a "ship that flies supported above the air." All its construction details are described, and it is illustrated by the famous plate. Although the vehicle was never tested, the "flying ship" project aroused curiosity throughout Europe. An analysis of it appeared in 1679 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (of which Lana was never a member), while G. W. Leibniz expounded it in detail in the Hypothesis physica nova (Mainz 1671) and later discussed it in his correspondence with Lana Terzi. Gamba 1053; Riccardi I,12. 1670
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