Air balloon flight in June 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers, Etienne and Joseph, at Annonay. Woodblock engraving by Lara after A. de la Fage from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

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