Explication des moyens proposes pour faciliter la construction du canal de Provence; et des diverses manieres de s'interesser dan cette enterprise
Aix: chez la veuve de Joseph David and Esprit David, 1743. First edition, the only printing of this description and justification of and financing plan for a canal from the Rhone to Aix and from Aix to Marseille, 8vo, pp. [iv], 94; contemporary vellum-backed blue marbled boards, light wear to extremities, worming to upper corner of nearly all pages, crudely repaired but rarely affecting the text. This canal in France occupied the author's efforts through 1750 and is the subject of one earlier and two later pamphlets. The principle object of the project was to facilitate the transport of hemp, vegetables, and lumber. A hydraulic engineer by profession, Floquet reviews the fate of other attempts and sets out his method for overcoming the daunting physical obstacles. Almost 80 pages are devoted to three different schemes for financing and administering canal construction and operation. No copy is recorded in NUC; 4 copies in OCLC: Oklahoma only in the U.S. Item #22667
Price: $500.00
