DE LESSEPS INTIME...Ouvrage illustre... [French text.]

by Batbedat, Th[erese]

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Paris:: Juven,, [1901]. Hardcover; collector & Hamilton College (NY) bookplates; no spine marks/label; signs of card pocket removal from marbled rear paper; leather spine joints dry & flaking; head of spine lacks 1/4 inch; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise, contents good.. With b&w full-pg. & in-text photos & drawings. Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805-94), French engineer & diplomat; best known for planning / engineering Suez Canal (commenced 1859; opened for use 1869). His unsuccessful attempt to cut a canal across Isthmus of Panama was later accomplished by U.S., 1904-14. ||| Located in British Library.