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French inventor and paper manufacturer (1745–1799) who, alongside his brother Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneered the first practical hot air balloon (the Montgolfière) in 1783. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Montgolfier,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 19, 1793. Document concerning the supply and sale of goods, nicely signed at the conclusion by Montgolfier. In fine condition.
Born into a reputable family of paper manufacturers in Annonay, in Ardeche, France, brothers Jacques-Etienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier put their small town on the map in June of 1783 when they successfully carried out the first public unmanned hot air balloon flight there; five months later, before a distinguished crowd including King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and Ben Franklin, they would demonstrate the first free flight by humans in their balloon.
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