A huge crowd was waiting for the departure of Armand-Barbes and George-Sand; L閛n Gambetta on the Place Saint-Pierre in Paris before the start with the hot-air balloon 'L'Armand Barb鑣' on 7 October 1870; in the background the hot-air balloon 'Le George Sand'; Signed: Demarle; R閚ard; Fig. 67; p. 385; Demarle; Gustave-Alphonse (dess.); R閚ard (sc.); 1876; Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c閘鑒res avec une pr閒ace de Nadar: dessins de A. Tissandier [...]. Paris: F. Roy; 1876