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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 A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" as performed with great success for the benefit and amusement of John Bull Object Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Object Pro Bono Publico Object Story the Eleventh.-Ballooning Object La Caisse de Balons ou Les Commis Effrayes Object The Reception of the Diplomation & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Lamentings Heard in the Air... Object Les Représentants en Représentation. Victor Hugo Object Un Train de Plaisir Aérien Object Plus je me rapproche du soleil, plus je grelotte... Object Enlèvement d'une Fille de l'Air Object Arrivée Sur la Terre de Deux Filles de L'Air Object Un service qui n'est pas facile à rendre Object En Ballon Captif Object Guiseppe Michele Montgolfier Object E. Montgolfier Object Etienne Montgolfier Object Montgolfier Brothers Object Etienne et Joseph Montgolfier Object Le Monarque des Aira Object François Blanchard Object M. Blanchard Object Jean Pierre Blanchard Object