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[1796]. BOOK. (ARCHITECTURE—PUBLIC WORKS). SASTAGO, COUNT OF:. DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPERIAL CANAL OF ARAGON AND THE ROYAL CANAL OF TAUSTE, DEDICATED TO THE AUGUST SOVEREIGNS DON CARLOS IV AND DONNA MARIA LUISA OF BORBON. [Zaragoza: by Francisco Magallón, 1796], without the half-title page containing the colophon. Small folio. Title page with engraved border + portrait of the monarchs in a medallion + X + 174 pp. and 38 folded, numbered plates and three additional unnumbered plates, all copper engravings, as are the headpieces. Bound in heavily scuffed Spanish paperback with a label. The folded plates show some creases from having been folded without following the original sheets. Slight soiling on some leaves, but the paper is fresh. Palau 302758. CCPB 268459-4. This copy includes the following inserts: Royal Order… Count of Floridablanca… 1786, ordering a deserter to work on the construction of the Aragon Canal, with the original signature of the secretary on behalf of His Excellency Sebastián Ortiz; it also includes a Royal Decree from 1801 abolishing the vouchers issued under the name of the Imperial Irrigation Canal of Aragon and the Tauste Canal, printed in Barcelona, 6 h.