A Paris Chez I.Mariette rue St. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule et a la Victoire.
Three plates, with original stitching, each c.220 x 450mm.
Two diagrammes and a map of the Machine of Marly, a huge series of waterwheels built to carry water the 200 yards from the Seine to Louis XIV's fountains at Versailles. Completed in 1684, after three years construction, sixty workers were needed to keep the machine working.
[Ref: 4065] £480.00
Three plates, with original stitching, each c.220 x 450mm.
Two diagrammes and a map of the Machine of Marly, a huge series of waterwheels built to carry water the 200 yards from the Seine to Louis XIV's fountains at Versailles. Completed in 1684, after three years construction, sixty workers were needed to keep the machine working.
[Ref: 4065] £480.00