LEMARCHAND, Georges. Conseil municipal de Paris, 1911. Rapport au nom de la 6e commission, sur le régime de la Seine, Paris-Port de mer, et l'outillage du port de Paris.

LEMARCHAND, Georges. Conseil municipal de Paris, 1911. Rapport au nom de la 6e commission, sur le régime de la Seine, Paris-Port de mer, et l'outillage du port de Paris.LEMARCHAND, Georges. Conseil municipal de Paris, 1911. Rapport au nom de la 6e commission, sur le rgime de la Seine, Paris Port de mer, et l'outillage du port de Paris. Paris, Imprimerie municipale, 1911. 4to. Contemporary blue half cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. 479, 37 plates, maps and plans (several folding); title a little browned and with small old repair to corner; provenance: printed introduction (p.

LEMARCHAND, Georges. Conseil municipal de Paris, 1911. Rapport au nom de la 6e commission, sur le régime de la Seine, Paris-Port de mer, et l'outillage du port de Paris. Paris, Imprimerie municipale, 1911.

4to. Contemporary blue half-cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. 479, 37 plates, maps and plans (several folding); title a little browned and with small old repair to corner; provenance: printed introduction (p. 3) with authorial and signed presentation inscription to the Paris antiquary and poet Jules Couderc (his etched bookplate inside front cover, his signature and address below presentation inscription), Lemarchand's business card tipped in.

Scarce first edition, presentation copy, of this complete survey of the ports of Paris and the waterways to the sea, especially the Seine to Le Havre, with an over 2 metre long colour map of that stretch of the river, an assessment of floods and shipping accidents, as well as the economy of the river; well-illustrated.

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