Three contemp. documents on early balloon flights.

In good condition.

1. Invitation by the City of Lille to assist at the "expériences aérostatiques" of M. Blanchard on 25 August 1783. [Lille], s.n., 1783. 4to: [1-3 bl.] pp. - 2. Invitation by the City of Ghent to assist at the experiment with the "locht-bal" of M. Blanchard in the "Beluyk der Byloke" on 19 November 1785. Ghent, J. Begyn, 1785. 4to: 4 pp. Ref. Not in Bibl. gant. (cp. 5410 note), KBR, STCV. - 3. Ordonnantie van den keyser, raekende de ballons ofte locht-tuygen met vuer, genoemt Montgolfieres, van den 26. Mey 1786. Brussels, Pauwels, 1786. Folio: [1-3 bl.] pp. Ref. STCV 12920494. - Not in KBR.