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An illustration portrays a man wearing a suit attached with wing-like parachutes leaping into the air.

An illustration portrays a man wearing a suit attached parachutes. Two large wing-like parachutes are attached to his arms, back, and feet. Another parachute is attached to his head. A basket filled with objects hangs from a strap attached to his waist. He is leaping forward into the air, his foot pushing off a rocky point. The tops of trees and mountains are seen in the distance below him, and birds fly in the sky around him.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42422.4
People
Author: Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne, French (1734 - 1806)
Louis Binet, French (1744 - 1800)
Title
Frontispiece to La découverte australe par un homme-volant, ou Le Dédale Français (The Discovery of the Austral Lands by a Flying Man; or, The French Daedalus) (vol. 1)
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1781
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371468

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bound book
Dimensions
overall: 18.5 × 11.3 × 1.6 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/16 × 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Gift of Francis Greenwood Peabody, 1952.
Object Number
TL42422.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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