ANONYMOUS. - Lot 135

ANONYMOUS. MANUSCRIT. Description de l'embouchure de la Rivière de L'Adour relative aux ouvrages que le Roy fait y faire pour le rétablissement de son entrée - Barre de Bayonne, 1733. One loose leaf, one of text and one of plans and drawings. The text presents the river's geographical and strategic situation, as well as the modifications made to its course over the last fifteen years. Illustrations include: plan of the course of the Ladour river, from the Abbaye Saint Bernard to the sea, as it was in 1729 when work began on it; loose leaf showing changes from 1729 to 1733; profile of the dikes taken at the beginning; plan above the pilotage, taken above the hats, plan of the grillage, plan taken above the planks. Fine manuscript.