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Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.

Four commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by winching it up with ropes. Process print.

The flying sorcerer : being the magical and aeronautical adventures of Francis Barrett, author of The Magus / by Francis X. King.

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The flying sorcerer : being the magical and aeronautical adventures of Francis Barrett, author of The Magus / by Francis X. King.

Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.

Four commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by winching it up with ropes. Process print.