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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

United States
About Item: Lisbon, Typographia Editora de Mattos Moreira & Co, 1875.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary plain blue wrappers (some creasing, small pieces of lower wrapper defective). In very good condition. Blue-bordered paper tag on front cover with shelfmark "5613" in ink. 15 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author had invented a method of creating artificial harbors. He complains that the Ministro das Obras Publicas, Commercio e Industria has refused to build a new artificial harbor outside the bar of Porto, which is "a obra mais humanitaria, mais util, mais necessaria e mais urgente de Portugal." The four lengthy supporting documents - his previous letters to the minister - give details of his plan, such as the fact that construction of the new artificial harbor would not hinder ships using the current harbor.*** Not in Innocêncio, which lists no works by this author. Porbase locates two copies, both at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, one in "mau estado". Not located in Jisc. KVK (51… Read More
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