Deparcieux, Antoine, 1753-1799.
Dissertation sur les globes aérostatiques / par M. de Parcieux.
Paris : Chez l'auteur, 1783.
No. 12 in a volume of pamphlets lettered: Ballons.
Signatures: [A]-B[superscript 8]C[superscript 3].
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Tilton, Dissertatio medica, q.v.; item 8 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in Franklin’s hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (119); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Retrospective conversion record: MARC Link database.
Balloons.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance
Imprint FRANCE. Paris 1783
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