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Lucien N. B. Wyse : Le Canal de Panama

Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1886

contemporary ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 6 densley gilt compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two and brown morocco label on three. Marbled paste down and free end papers., an excellent copy with beautiful illustrations and an attractive binding., Large 4to, P. half-title, printer’s imprint, blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-399, blank, (1), printer’s imprint., Title in red and black, contains 90 wood engravings some full page and some intext illustrations, 2 folding maps and 1 folding chart.

An important french overview of various plans to cut the Isthmus of Panama, during which time the attempt under Ferdinand de Lesseps was already well underway (1881-9)(but collapsed in bankruptcy in 1889). The very large fold. col. map of the Panama-Isthmus contains a list of geological features & plates at end.

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