Illustrated edition · first published 1870
Wonderful Balloon Ascents
Fulgence Marion. or, The Conquest of the Skies Fulgence Marion's 1870 history of ballooning, from the Montgolfiers on, with balloon pictures from the archive.
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The text is the 1870 first edition, now in the public domain. The pictures come from the Snapshots of the Past archive of historical images, selected by James Lantos. This is a sample of an illustrated reissue.