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NADAR: (1820-1910) - NADAR: (1820-1910) Gaspard-Felix Tournachon. French photographer, caricaturist and balloonist, the first person to take aerial photographs (1858). An amusing A.L.S., Na → (the signature incorporating a pictogram of a right pointing arrow, described by Nadar beneath as an ingenious type of signature, ´ Signature genre ingenieux´ ), one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to [Paul Gavarni], in French. The photographer writes, in full, ´ Que le bon Dieu vous patafiole! Voila deux fois que je vous viens voir - dont ce matin par un temps a ne pas mettre un Empereur dehors, que les chevaux griffent a chaque pas et qu´on a les pieds et le nez sans connaissance! Et j´avais justement besoin de vous voir ce matin pendant dix minutes! On me dit que vous serez rentre a midi. J´enverrai Madame Nadar avec mon serviteur pour vous expliquer la chose, ne pouvant venir moi-meme. Que le bon Dieu vous patafiole (bis)!´ (Translation: ´ May the good Lord spoil you! I've been to see you twice now - including this morning in weather so bad you wouldn't want to take an Emperor out, with horses scratching at every step and your feet and nose numb! And I just needed to see you this morning for ten minutes! I am told that you will be back at midday. I will send Madame Nadar with my servant to explain things to you, as I cannot come myself. May the good Lord spoil you (again!)´ ). A small portion of the lower left corner has been neatly excised, and with some very light age wear, otherwise VG Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) French illustrator who shared a passion and interest with Nadar for aerial navigation. Gavarni made experiments on a large scale with a view to find the means of directing balloons, but without the success Nadar enjoyed.