Charles Dellschau

Name: Charles Dellschau
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ISBN: 9781935202905

ISBN-10: 1935202901

ISBN-13: 9781935202905

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thomas McEvilley, Charles Dellschau, James Brett, Roger Cardinal, Thomas Crouch

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In the fall of 1899, Charles A.A. Dellschau (1830-1923), a retired butcher from Houston, embarked on a project that would occupy him for more than 20 years. What began as an illustrated manuscript recounting his experiences in the California Gold Rush became an obsessive project resulting in 12 large, hand-bound books with more than 2,500 drawings related to airships and the development of flight. Dellschau's designs resemble traditional hot air balloons augmented with fantastic visual details, collage and text. The hand-drawn "Aeros" were interspersed with collaged pages called "Press Blooms," featuring thousands of newspaper clippings related to the political events and technological…

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List price: $72.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Marquand Books/D.A.P.
Publication date: 3/31/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 12.25" wide x 12.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 6.996
Language: English

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