LOIRE. - Lot 162

LOIRE. Rapport sur les mesures générales à adopter pour atténuer les dommages que causent les inondations dans les vals endigués du bassin de la Loire, by the Loire flood commission, April 19, 1867. In-4, half-basane, decorated smooth spine, 32 pp. 16 pp. 44 pp. and 64 pp. Following the exceptional flooding of the Loire in 1866, a commission was set up by ministerial dispatch to implement a flood control plan. This collection contains printed copies of reports from the three sections of the Service spécial de la Loire: 1st section upstream from Roanne, 2nd section from Roanne to Briare, 3rd section from Briare to Nantes. A pleasant copy. Binding slightly rubbed. Slight tear to first page, but not missing.