RAILROADS. - Lot 4

RAILROADS. Manuscript, Chemin de fer à navires entre la mer Caspienne et le chemin de fer à navires de la Méditerranée au Golfe Persique; 28pages in-fol. in titled cover. This manuscript was part of a larger project of which it forms Chapter VI. This project would enable a ship sailing from the Baltic to "enter the Mediterranean or the Persian Gulf, avoiding the Sund, Gibraltar, the Dardanelles on one side and the Suez Canal on the other", from Recht to Kanankaïn. The detailed description (route and price) is completed by a table showing the cost of the operation. Enclosed is a brochure from the Compagnie nouvelle du Canal de Panama; and the manuscript (paf. 1-169, with missing pages) of a soldier's account of his campaigns in Algeria in 1863 and during the 1870 war, then his captivity. Expert : Mr. Thierry BODIN