PAPER MILLS. RIERA NOYA.- Pen drawing, watercolor, of the banks of the Noya Rive…
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PAPER MILLS. RIERA NOYA.- Pen drawing, watercolor, of the banks of the Noya River, where, according to the numerical indications, the flour mill of the Marquis of Cerdañola, the dam that Carlos Giberte began to build to convey water to the paper mill would be located. which in turn he had begun to build and which due to debts he had to sell to Félix Prat, and which in turn, through the bankruptcy of his son and heir's creditors, he sold to the Guarro house, as well as the paper mills that Félix Prat built after having taken in euphyteusis that of the Marquis of Cerdañola. Important period manuscript document on the paper industry in Catalonia.

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PAPER MILLS. RIERA NOYA.- Pen drawing, watercolor, of the banks of the Noya River, where, according to the numerical indications, the flour mill of the Marquis of Cerdañola, the dam that Carlos Giberte began to build to convey water to the paper mill would be located. which in turn he had begun to build and which due to debts he had to sell to Félix Prat, and which in turn, through the bankruptcy of his son and heir's creditors, he sold to the Guarro house, as well as the paper mills that Félix Prat built after having taken in euphyteusis that of the Marquis of Cerdañola. Important period manuscript document on the paper industry in Catalonia.

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