Paris Up In Balloons by Dégardin, Alain; Giacomoni, Jérôme; Gobbi, Matthieu

Hard back book with colour pictorial dust jacket, 12 pages, 9 chapters illustrated with B/W and colour plates, many of which are full page. 

The book explores the history of large tethered balloons in Paris dating back to 1867 when Henry Giffard  organised the first tethered rides.

The opening pages cover the history of ballooning and the effect on the population.