The Balloon almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1786
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 18923
Publisher: Printed by John Steele, in Second-Street, between Spruce and Union Streets.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Balloon ascensions; Balloons in art; Aeronautics; Poetry
Notes: Advertised in the Freeman's journal, Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1785.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.

Illustrated title page depicts Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon ascension at London, Sept. 15, 1784, showing his falling oar.

Pages [4-5] contain a brief account of Lunardi's ascent and a long humorous poem entitled "The Progress of Balloons."

Evans 18923

Drake, M. Almanacs, 10194