Voyage d'Exploration sur la Littoral de la France et de l'Italie. Rapport a M. le Ministre de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux Publics. Sur les industries de Comacchio, du Lac Fusaro, de Marennes, et de l'Anse de l'Aiguillon
Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1855. Good. Item #31033
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1855. First Edition. Large folio (34.5cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, decorative endpapers; [4],xxviii,[4],184pp.; eight leaves of lithographic plates bound in rear including folding maps (one hand-colored) and double-paged views. Boards quite soiled and rubbed, boards crudely reattached, joints reinforced, textblock and plates foxed, the hand-colored map torn with rather substantial loss, else a Good copy, internally clean and sound.
Lavish government publication for the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce describing the fisheries and fishing communities along the coasts of France and Italy. Includes detailed explanations for each of the plates as well as a chapters on the various forms of preparation of the fish (drying, smoking, salting), concluding with a description of exporting fresh fish.
Price: $650.00