THE AERONAUTICAL NOTEBOOKS OF CHARLES A. A. DELLSCHAU: 1830-1923

REDNISS, Lauren

New York: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 1997

First edition. 10 1/4 x 10 inches (26cm x 25cm). Offset printed. pp. [4], 2-9, [4], figs. 1-41, [2]. Figures are 41 full-color plates. Extremely light exterior wear, corner bends. Personal embossed stamp on front flyleaf.

Presents the brilliantly festooned flying machines or "aeros" from the notebooks of Charles A.A. Dellschau, a self-taught Texas butcher who explored flight in watercolor and collage a half century before the Wright Brothers. Catalog for an exhibition January 8-February 7, 1998. Includes exhibition history and public collections. Sellen A134.