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Book/Printed Material Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793.

About this Item

Title

  • Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793.

Names

  • Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809.
  • Cist, Charles, 1738-1805, printer.
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., MDCCXCIII [1793]

Headings

  • -  Balloon ascensions--United States--Early works to 1800
  • -  Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  Signed (p. 27): Blanchard.
  • -  Also published in French.
  • -  Signatures: [1-3]⁴ [4]².
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 1134
  • -  Evans 25207
  • -  ESTC W18029
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Imperfect: plate supplied by photostat from the New York Public Library copy.
  • -  TL620.B6 A4 45th Copy 1 transferred from the American Imprint Collection to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he04 2014-02-25
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-02-22 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 27, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 21 cm (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TL620.B6 A4 45th

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 07003477

OCLC Number

  • 10003592

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, Charles Cist, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Journal of my forty-fifth ascension: being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January. [Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist ..., MDCCXCIII, 1793] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07003477/.

APA citation style:

Blanchard, J., Cist, C. & Jefferson Exhibit Collection. (1793) Journal of my forty-fifth ascension: being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January. [Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist ..., MDCCXCIII] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07003477/.

MLA citation style:

Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, Charles Cist, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Journal of my forty-fifth ascension: being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January. [Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist ..., MDCCXCIII, 1793] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/07003477/>.