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78. The Deutsch Prize, Santos Dumont<br />
Lithograph<br />
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]<br />
Vanity Fair, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. Lith 1901<br />
Image 342 x 194 mm, Sheet 375 x 234 mm<br />
unmounted<br />
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 – 1932) was a Brazilian<br />
aviation pioneer. Santos-Dumont designed, built, and<br />
flew one <strong>of</strong> the first practical dirigibles. By doing so he<br />
demonstrated that routine, controlled flight was<br />
possible. This "conquest <strong>of</strong> the air", in particular his<br />
winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on October 19,<br />
1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made<br />
him one <strong>of</strong> the most famous people in the world during<br />
the early 20th century. In addition to his pioneering<br />
work in airships, Santos-Dumont made the first<br />
European public flight <strong>of</strong> an airplane on October 23,<br />
1906.<br />
[27635]<br />
£75<br />
Title-page to Edward Gee, 'The Divine Right and<br />
Original <strong>of</strong> the Civill Magistrate from God' (London,<br />
George Eversden, 1658); title in centre; above, an<br />
empty throne with a crown, orb and sceptre before it; on<br />
the left, a figure in armour about to draw a sword; on<br />
the right, a figure in an ermine robe being handed a<br />
book by a hand extending from a cloud; bottom left,<br />
Joab killing Absalom; bottom right, the head <strong>of</strong> Sheba<br />
being thrown from a tower.<br />
BM Satires 914<br />
Condition: Trimmed to within plate, repaired tear to the<br />
bottom left hand corner. Script on verso showing<br />
through marking the front <strong>of</strong> sheet. [27578]<br />
£45<br />
Broadsides and Ephemera<br />
Frontis Pieces<br />
79. The Divine Right and Original <strong>of</strong> the Civill<br />
Magistrate from God<br />
Copper engraving<br />
Anonymous<br />
London, George Eversden, 1658<br />
Image 149 x 89 mm, Sheet 151 x 88 mm<br />
unmounted