‎DORSCH , Anton Joseph :‎
‎Statistique du Département de la Roer... avec deux cartes topographiques.‎

‎ Cologne ( Köln ) , de l'imprimerie de Oedenkoven et Thiriart , an XII ( 1804 ) , in-8°, xiv pp + (2)nn pp + 527 pp + (11)nn pp (errata, table, publisher's catalogue) + 2 large folding engraved maps. (complete). Bound in contemporary paper covered boards, gilt title on smooth spine. Fine copy allthough the binding shows some wear at extremities and has weak joints. First and original edition of this French study on the newly formed ''Département de la Roer'' which comprised the area between the Rhine and the Meuse river with Köln, Aachen and Kleve, but also the Dutch cities of Roermond and Venlo. The second map depicts the canal between Meuse and Rhine , here called '' la fosse Eugènienne '' . Goldsmith-Kress 18844.2..‎

Reference : 45069

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