A SYSTEM OF AERONAUTICS, Comprehending its Earliest Investigations and Modern Practice and Art... With a Brief History of the Author's Fifteen Years' Experience in Aerial Voyages.
Philadelphia: Joseph A. Speel, 1850. 310p, one portrait, twelve plates, wear to corners and spine ends, foxing, good - very good. First edition. In a custom made clamshell box. "Wise's demonstrations of balloons, his invention of the rip panel, and his long distance record of 804 miles finitely establish his.....