The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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 Second Voyage Aérien Object L'Âge d'Or Object Aux Amateurs de Physique Object Fete du 14 Juillet an IX Object Troisieme Voyage Aerien Object Premier Voyage Aërien Object Aux Amateurs de Physique Object Moyeninfaillible de Diriger les Ballons Object Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Montgolfiere Lancee a Tivoli Object Aerostation Object L'ascension de Tessu-Brissy a Limoges en 1786 Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object La Minerve Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object Inflation of First Hydrogen Balloon, by J. A. C. Charles Object La Quatorzieme Experience Aerostatique de M. Blanchard Object Ballon Gulliver Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object M. Santos-Dumont's Experiments in Aerial Navigation in Paris Object Globe Aërostatique Object Selected filters: Object Type: Prints Place: France Clear All