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SEINE-ET-MARNE. FONTAINEBLEAU (77). Plan of a...

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SEINE-ET-MARNE. FONTAINEBLEAU (77). Plan of a HYDRAULIC MACHINE, composed of four pump bodies for the elevation of the waters of the Seine in the House of the river near Fontainebleau, dedicated to H.S.H. Monseigneur le Duc de Penthièvre, Grand Admiral of France, proposed by Mr. RETS Père, and composed by THIBAULT Master Plumber Machinist, rue St Sauveur in Paris. Engraving XVIIIe (c. 1737), with the Arms of the Duke of PENTHIÈVRE. (Louis Jean Marie de BOURBON (Château de Rambouillet 1725-1793) Grandson of Louis XIV, he was Duke of PENTHIÈVRE, in 1737, Admiral and Grand Veneur of France.) Engraving (49 x 48 cm) Condition B+.