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ANDREOSSY (Antoine-François) HISTOIRE DU CANAL DU MIDI, ou Canal de Languedoc. Two volumes bound in one volume, in-4, marbled fawn calf, boards framed with gilt roulette, smooth spine cloisonné and decorated (Period binding). Paris, Crapelet, an XIII [1804]. Upper spine roughly glued back together, lower spine partly split with glue mark, upper headband missing with glue mark, lower headband slightly missing, 3 corners dull. NEW EDITION, revised and considerably enlarged, of this IMPORTANT WORK dedicated to the genesis of the Canal du Midi. It is illustrated with a frontispiece PORTRAIT by Andréossy, a fold-out table and 29 maps, plans and profiles mounted on tabs, enabling the full scope of the project to be appreciated. A well-bound copy with good margins. ¶ F. Fabre, La deuxième édition de l'An XIII, pp. 352 to 357, in Le Canal du Midi, T. IV, edited by Jean-Denis Bergasse, 1985.
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ANDREOSSY (Antoine-François) HISTOIRE DU CANAL DU MIDI, ou Canal de Languedoc. Two volumes bound in one volume, in-4, marbled fawn calf, boards framed with gilt roulette, smooth spine cloisonné and decorated (Period binding). Paris, Crapelet, an XIII [1804]. Upper spine roughly glued back together, lower spine partly split with glue mark, upper headband missing with glue mark, lower headband slightly missing, 3 corners dull. NEW EDITION, revised and considerably enlarged, of this IMPORTANT WORK dedicated to the genesis of the Canal du Midi. It is illustrated with a frontispiece PORTRAIT by Andréossy, a fold-out table and 29 maps, plans and profiles mounted on tabs, enabling the full scope of the project to be appreciated. A well-bound copy with good margins. ¶ F. Fabre, La deuxième édition de l'An XIII, pp. 352 to 357, in Le Canal du Midi, T. IV, edited by Jean-Denis Bergasse, 1985.
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