Lot n° 291
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[JOMARD (Edme-François)]. Conté. Paris, Imprimé par E. Thuno - Lot 291
[JOMARD (Edme-François)]. Conté. Paris, Imprimé par E. Thunot et Cie, 1852. In-12, black half calf, red title page on spine (modern binding).
Second edition, with a note on the barometer on pp. 133-134, not included in the original 1849 edition. Biography of Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755-1805), founder of the first company of military balloonists and inventor of the lead pencils that today bear his name.
Enclosed: Inauguration of the bronze statue of N. J. Conté in Séez, by Le Vavasseur, excerpt from Journal de l'Orne, October 6, 1852 (8 pages in-4, folded).
Few pages foxed.
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