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![Leona Dare, a Mega-muse](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nypl-trapeze-leona-400x300.jpeg)
11/03
Leona Dare, a Mega-muse
Leona Dare (1855-1922), one of Encyclopedia of the Exquisite‘s brightest stars, is someone you should know. She was a circus queen in the late 19th century, thrilling audiences across Europe and around the world by going up in a hot-air…
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10/19
Balloon Boy
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite covers the first parachute (an umbrella contraption launched in Montpellier, France in 1783) and the first hot-air balloon, the ornate aerostatic machine which took off from Versailles as King Louis XVI watched below. Now a Brooklyn…
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