2 works.

8vo.

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Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899), aviator, chemist and meteorologist, escaped from besieged Paris in a balloon in September 1870. He, together with his brother Albert, broke the record time for a balloon flight; theirs lasted 22 hours and 40 minutes. In 1883, he added an electric motor to an airship, creating the first electric-powered flight. He is the author of several books and of a bibliography on aeronautics.
1. Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henry Giffard. Cour des tuileries - Paris, 1878. Avec de nombreuses illustrations par Albert Tissandier. Nouvelle édition. Paris, G. Masson, Sept. 1878, (some foxing). Description of the captive balloon designed and made by Henri Giffard for the "Exposition universelle de 1878" (the third Paris World Fair). Illustrated with a frontispiece, 14 plates, 4 double-page pl., 8 full-page ill. and in-text by A. Tissandier (1839-1906), brother of Gaston, also aeronaut and architect. Ref. Tissandier, Bibliogr. aéronautique, p. 36. - Maggs Bros., 259. Prov. Libr. stamps. - 2. Les ballons dirigeables. Application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne [...]. Ouvrage accompagné de 35 figures et de 4 planches hors texte. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1885, (sl. age-toned). First edition of this work on the application of electricity to airships. Illustrated with a front., 4 double-page and 10 full-page ill. Ref. Tissandier p. 36. - Maggs Bros., 308. Prov. Ms. dedication from G. Tissandier to Charles Robert Richet (1850-1935), French physiologist at the Collège de France.
Joined: Collection of biographies of Gaston Tissandier (the 2 first ill. with his portrait), 19th c. 8vo. Contemp. half brown shagreen. Contains: 1. Le Cholleux, René - Extrait de la France biographique. M. Gaston Tissandier [...]. Paris, France biographique, 1891. - 2. [Idem] - Gaston Tissandier [...]. Suivie d'une allocution de M. le Colonel Laussedat [...]. Prononcée dans la séance générale de la Société d'encouragement, du 9 juin 1893. P., Lahure, 1894. - 3. Janssen, Jules - Éloge de Gaston Tissandier. Discours prononcé à la séance du 5 octobre à la société française de navigation aérienne. P., G. Camproger, 1899. Prov. Albert Tissandier (bookpl.). (3 vol.)