France

8398 Brie, Jan Jansson, 1647. Price: 90.00

LE PAIS DE BRIE. A good engraved map including Paris and Brie lying to the south of the city. Decorative title and scale cartouches with putti. 19 x 15 inches, 495 x 390 mm. Dutch text on verso. Uncoloured. Slit at the bottom of the centre fold, otherwise good.

91415 The Marly Machine, Nicolas de Fer, 1705. Price: 40.00

COUPE DE LA MACHINE DE MARLY
A good early 18th century print of this remarkable machine designed by the Walloon carpenter Renkin Sualem to lift water from the Seine for its journey to Versailles to fill the ponds and work the fountains. Completed in 1688. The print shows a view of the situation of the machine to the aqueduct on the top of the hill. Above is a detail of the machine with key. 13 1/4 x 9 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

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91416 The Marly Machine, Nicolas de Fer, 1705. Price: 40.00

LA MACHINE. A good early 18th century print of this remarkable machine designed by the Walloon carpenter Renkin Sualem to lift water from the Seine for its journey to Versailles to fill the ponds and work the fountains. Completed in 1688. 13 x 8 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Separate page of descriptive French text.

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