Lot n° 46
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600 - 800
EUR
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: 376EUR
LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de. Les canaux de navigation, et - Lot 46
LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de. Les canaux de navigation, et spécialement le canal de Languedoc. Paris, Vve Desaint, 1778; large vol. in-folio, contemporary marbled calf, gilt filets, spine with gilt designs, spines repaired.
First edition, accompanied by 14 DRAWED PLATES BY RANSONNETTE AND LA GARDETTE, SIX OF WHICH ARE REPLACED.
With this volume, the astronomer de La Lande has composed one of the most beautiful and learned ancient works dedicated to river navigation, in particular the Languedoc canal, an achievement whose audacity was admired by engineers all over Europe.
A fine copy.
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