ALLEMAND, --. Introduction et Plan d'un Traité général de la Navigation intérieure, et particulierement de celle de la France; et Considérations sur les Forêts, Bois & autres objets susceptibles d'amélioration, au moyen de nouveaux débouchés: avec un Traité des Péages...
16, 152 pp. Large 4to, attractive antique mottled sheep, spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Cellot & Jombert, 1779. First edition. Allemand, a former administrator of forests in Corsica with physiocratic inclinations, describes here his plan for the extension of canals throughout France in order to increase trade and allow the raw materials of France to be exploited. Fine copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.
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