Caption:
The roller coaster in the Ruggieri Gardens, Paris, 1817. Pleasure gardens built by the pyrotechnician Claude Ruggieri. Les montagnes Russes du saut du Niagara. Folie du jour dessinee d'apres nature au Jardin Ruggiery, Rue Saint-Lazare. Lithograph from Henry Rene dAllemagnes Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.