Item No. 60. François Pilatre de Rozier. President of the Museum established at Paris in 1781 …

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  [print; portrait of French aeronaut Francois Arban (1815-1849)] Artist(s): Perez Herms. From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1318.

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  Item No. 59. Le Docteur Potain, Le Premier qui tenta le Passage du Canal St. George, de Dublin en Angleterre, 24 lieues sur mer, le 17 Juin 1785. (Voyez en l'historique)

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