Balloon ride 2 peep-box pictures. Each 1783. each coloured copper engraving on wove paper. Each 34 x 41.5 cm. One of the sheets shows an aerostatic experiment on 19 September 1783 over the Palace of Versailles, "in the presence of Their Majesties the Royal Families and more than 130,000 spectators with an aerial sphere". - Thanks to their sophisticated perspective and vibrant colours, peep-box paintings are today regarded as fascinating testimonies to early modern visual culture. - Margins browned and partially bumped as well as stained in places. One sheet with a pasted-over loss. Good overall. Air Balloon. - Each coloured copperplate engraving on wove paper. - One of the sheets shows an aerostatic experiment on 19 September 1783 over the Palace of Versailles, "in the presence of Their Majesties the Royal Families and more than 130,000 spectators with an aerial ball". - Thanks to their sophisticated perspective and vibrant colours, peep-box paintings are today regarded as fascinating testimonies to early modern visual culture. - Margins browned and partially bumped as well as stained in places. One sheet with a pasted-over loss. Good overall. This lot is taxed. A surcharge of 24.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.