Jul 1, 2016
This evening’s back porch reading is the recently translated, French utopian/sf novel, _Discovery of the Austral Continent by a Flying Man_ (1781), featuring pre-Darwinian evolutionary theory and people flying on mechanical wings. The first edition is going to be in the Eaton Collection’s upcoming _500 Years of Utopia_ exhibit.
You can find scans of the fantastic drawings here: http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/03/flight-to-antipodes.html?m=1 @phdbff