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9 - [AERONAUTICS] SAZERAC DE FORGE, Léonide.
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Estimate €80 - €120
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Description
[AERONAUTICS] SAZERAC DE FORGE, Léonide. The Conquest of the Air. The Airship. Paris and Nancy, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1910. In-8, publisher’s red percaline, plain spine decorated with an airship flying over the Eiffel Tower, upper cover also decorated with an airship flying over the countryside, red headband, covers preserved (front cover illustrated). XII and 811 pp., 5 unnumbered folios (advertisements and publisher’s catalogue), 269 black-and-white illustrations. Caps and corners rubbed, small stains. Second edition, revised and updated, richly illustrated with reproductions of engravings, figures and portraits. A good copy, in a pleasing hardback binding.
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About the sale Sale of collectable books and first editions – Varia III –
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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