Grand balloon ascent, on Thursday, October 14th, 1841 ... Mr. Gypson, (from the Royal Zoological Gardens, London), will make his forty-fifth and last ascent this season ...

Broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Richard Gypson from Chain Bridge, Spalding, England, 1841. Includes picture of a balloon.

At head of title: By permission and under the immediate patronage of the magistrates and a committee of gentlemen.
Tissandier collection.