Canal de Provence, ou Canal d’Aix et de Maresille

by Jean-André Floquet

$1,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare first edition – illustrated with a fine folding etched map – of the hydraulic engineer Jean-André Floquet’s project proposal for the ‘Canal de Provence,’ a waterway intended to link Marseille with Aix-en-Provence and the Durance River to the north. The etched map is a reduced-size version of an exceptionally..... More

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