3 works.

1. Turgan, Julien - Les ballons. Histoire de la locomotion aérienne depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours. Précédée par une introduction de Gérard de Nerval. Ouvrage orné de vignettes copiées sur les gravures authentiques et contemporaines. Paris, Plon frères [et. al.], 1851. 12mo (occ. spotting). Bradel brown paper (sm. traces of use). Rare first edition of the history of air navigation by the physician and chansonnier Turgan (1824-1887). With introduction by G. de Nerval about aerostation in literature. Ill. with a frontispiece, 20 plates (of which 4 on double page). Ref. Tissandier p. 37. - Maggs Bros., 171. - 2. Eugène Godard et ses aventures aériennes. Extrait du Journal d'Orient (de Vienne) du 18 septembre et du 2 octobre 1881. Vienna, J.C. Fisher, 1881. 8vo. Bradel marbled paper, wr. pres. The French aeronaut Godard (1827-1890) made his first free ascent in 1847 with a balloon he constructed with his brother. Both had a workshop in Lille. Godard made several inventions and a.o. helped H. Giffard in constructing the first steam airship which was launched in 1853 from Vienna. Godard became the second person to fly over the Austrian Alps. Ref. Tissandier p. 24. - Not in Maggs Bros. - 3. Decauville, Paul - 2 articles from the "L'Aéronaute. Bulletin mensuel illustré de la navigation aérienne [...]". Paris, Bureaux de l'Aéronaute, 1896. 8vo. Bradel half orange cloth, wr. pres. 1st called "Mon premier voyage aérien", 2nd "La conquête de l'air. Discours prononcé le jeudi 2 juillet 1896, à l'Hôtel des Sociétés savantes". Decauville (1846-1922) was a French engineer, businessman and senator. He founded a manufacture which produced industrial railway locomotives and cars. Prov. Ex dono from P. Decauville to his colleague Dupety (ms. note). - Another ms. note by Decauville about a plaquette to give to his "jeune fils".