[Manuscript] Lieutenant-colonel commandant du génie (Name no - Lot 165

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[Manuscript] Lieutenant-colonel commandant du génie (Name no - Lot 165
[Manuscript] Lieutenant-colonel commandant du génie (Name not identified)]. Notes and research on old and new forts and coastal batteries in the Marseille district. Marseille, January 30, 1869. An in-folio volume, in a modest binding with reinforced spine, title, 2 table leaves, 523 pages (pages 522-523 missing) in regular handwriting, with clearly organized chapters: golfe et port de La Ciotat, Côte entre le Bec de l'Aigle et le cap Cable (Baie de Cassis), Golfe et port de Marseille. This is followed by a list of forts and batteries, and fire hydrants. Report on English attacks on the ports of La Ciotat and Cassis, 1809 - 1815. Project for docks to be built in the southwest. Note on work carried out to connect the Etang de Berre with the sea. Canal digging, swing bridge at Martigues... A fine set based on solid documentation. A few marginal notes by another hand, interspersed leaves, references to documentation used in the margins. Nowhere is it suggested that these notes are intended for the military administration. AP
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