The right to fly.

On 4th October 1863, Nadar's giant balloon 'Le Geant' had its first ascent; the second (and nearly fatal) was two weeks later.

A curiosity both for its content on theories of flight and its author, an important pioneer of French photography and skilled self-publicist, 'The Right to Fly' indicates the interest taken by many at the time in the possibilities of human flight - and the Victorian passion for discoveries and invention.