Description: (AERONAUTICS.) Dieuaide, Emmanuel. Tableau d'Aviation Représentant Tout ce qui a Été Fait de Remarquable sur la Navigation Aérienne Sans Ballons. Large lithographed broadside of early flying machines. 20½x26¾ inches sheet size, ample margins; light toning but generally very nice; Dieuaide imprint at lower right crossed through and ink stamp of Charles Faber, Engineer, Paris placed below. Paris, circa 1880
Footnote: Pictured are 53 highly unusual designs for early flying machines and aeroplanes ranging from Leonardo da Vinci's proposal in 1500 to an effort by Edison in 1880.