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Vincent Lunardi

(Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806)

Frontispiece portrait of Vincent Lunardi, the author of An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England. Inscription reads: (Below portrait)

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Vincenzo Lunardi (11 January 1754 – 1 August 1806) was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca. (From Wikipedia)

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A Letter, Addressed to a Female Friend, by Mrs. Sage, the First English Female Aerial Traveller, Describing the General Appearance and Effects of Her Expedition With Mr. Lunardi's Balloon, Which Ascended From St. George's Fields on Wednesday, 29th June, 1785, Accompanied by George Biggin, Esq. (second edition; London: Printed for the writer. ca. 1785), by Mrs. Sage (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

Books by Vincent Lunardi:

Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806: An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a Series of Letters to His Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, 1786) (page images at HathiTrust)

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Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806: An account of the first aërial voyage in England, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking (Printed for the author, sold by J. Bell [etc.], 1784) (page images at HathiTrust)

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