Lot N. 241

Hydro-topographical tables on the reclamation of the Val di Chiana

1789
5 large -format tables, watercolored, repeatedly folded, engraved by Gio. Canocchi depicting the Val di Chiana from the Apennines to the Tiber, the detailed card from Arezzo to Orvieto, the surrounding area Arezzo, a technical table and the "profile of the leveling of the Canal Maestro della Chiana from the fishing of the monks of the Badia di Santa Fiora, and Lucilla of the city of Arezzo until the Callone. On the occasion of the visit of the Matte.co Perelli from Eng.re Salvetti ". Beautiful binding in full leather with dry and golden friezes. Blooms
Tried by the famous study on the reclamation of the Val di Chiana, built at the end of the eighteenth century by the engineer Vittorio Fossombroni on behalf of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo I of Lorena, "Memorie idraulico-storiche sopra la Val di Chiana", Firenze, Per Gaetano Cambiagi stampatore granducale1789.
€ 200,00 / 250,00
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