[Portrait of Luigi Piana.  Illustration showing Piana in his balloon, with manuscript notice on verso about an unsuccessful flight attempt and about his fatal 5th ascension Nov. 27, 1853, in Rome.  Poem by Giuseppe Bianchi entitled A Luigi Piana Felsineo aeronauta in Roma l'autunno 1853].
Contributors: Bianchi, Giuseppe, 1791-1866.
Published: 1853
Language: ita
Subjects: Piana, Luigi, d. 1853 -- Portraits.; Balloonists -- Italy -- Portraits.
Notes: An unpublished collection.
The portrait is a lithograph described in Choix de livres anciens rares et curieux en vente à la librairie ancienne Leo S. Olschki, v. 6, where it is listed for sale as item 7509.  It is both described and reproduced (fig. 51) in Biblioteca aeronautica italiana illustrata / Giuseppe Boffito.
The poem is printed by Tipografía Olivieri.
The size is that of the folder in which the sheets are laid.  The portrait is 39 x 30 cm.; the ill. is 68 x 31 cm.; the poem is 28 x 20 cm. (trimmed).