Sales catalogue 619: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/156
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 619: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [748 | PILATRE DE ROZIER (Jean Francois, 1756-1785). THe First FRENCH Agronaut, killed on a balloon flight with Romain, while attempting to cross the Channel at Boulogne (15th June, 1785). He was the first. victim of aviation. Half length in oval, showing Pilatre de Rozier experimenting with inflammable air. Proof before all letters. Size 9% x 734 inches, with margins. C. 1785. £7 78 [749] PILATRE DE ROZIER (J. F.). Half length in oval, wig, lace cravat. Line engraving by Legrand after Pujos. Size 7% x 5 inches, with wide margins. Paris (1785). £4 4s [ 142 ]
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