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a group of men sitting on a bench in front of a housea picture of a picture of a harbor with boats in itan old map of the british and canadian railroad system in the united statesa blue book sitting on top of a white tablean open book on a white surface with a black and white title
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367 - Russia – DRU (Léon). Franco-Russian Civil Society for the St…
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Estimate €350 - €400
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Russia – DRU (Léon). Franco-Russian Civil Society for the Study of the Don–Volga Canal. Proposed canal between the Don and the Volga; Report in support of the project. Paris, Georges Chamerot, 1886. Folio, [6]–162 pp., with illustrations within the text and 7 plates, including 4 fold-out colour maps, blue Bradel-style percaline, decorated spine (contemporary binding). A very rare volume, presumably printed in a small run for the French and Russian planners of the project. This is the report of the fact-finding mission commissioned by Alexander III to resume Peter the Great’s attempts to cut a canal between the Don and the Volga, and to explore its ‘feasibility’, as we would say today. A single copy held at the CCF (Grenoble). A copy belonging to Cauvet, Director of the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, with an autograph dedication by the author on the front endpapers.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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