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[WILLIG, M.L.].

Anleitung zum Wasser-Bau oder kurzer Unterricht für Landleute, So an Wasser-Flüssen wohnen, und keine Anweisung von Wasserbau-Verständigen haben, wie sie ihre vom Wasser eingerissene Ufer selbst mit geringen Kosten, auch mehrentheils selbst habenden Materialien ausbessern, und für fernern Abbruch bewahren mögen,

aufgesetzet von einem Haushalter ohnweit Göttingen. Four folding engraved plates. 3 p.l., 42 pp.8vo, cont. half-vellum & speckled boards. Göttingen: Widow of Bandenhoeck, 1757. First edition of this extremely rare work on river management. The author describes techniques of channeling and diverting water, enabling land to be reclaimed and used for agriculture and housing. The attractive plates depict dikes, dams, embankments, etc. Fine copy and not in OCLC.

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