[PARIS]. [LOUVIERS (ISLAND)]. [MILITARIA]. [CAPTAIN]. - Lot 323

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[PARIS]. [LOUVIERS (ISLAND)]. [MILITARIA]. [CAPTAIN]. - Lot 323
[PARIS]. [LOUVIERS (ISLAND)]. [MILITARIA]. [CAPTAIN]. Bound set of documents relating to the Ile Louviers. On paper, some documents on parchment. Compilation made c. 1910-1920 1 vol. in-4, 28 pp + c. 170 ff. Paperback, blind waiting cover. Size : 175 x 220 mm. Captain Cherrière of the Fire Brigade Regiment did an important work of compiling and interpreting sources relating to Ile Louviers. There are handwritten sheets of notes copied from various books and clippings from booksellers' catalogues, with numerous quotations from the "Mémoires de la Société de l'Histoire de la ville de Paris", the "Topographie historique de la seigneurie de Bercy" by Charles- Henri de Malon etc. Several notes were taken at the National Archives. Eight (8) handwritten plans depicting the Ile Louviers, some of which were made by Cherrière, including a large folding plan on tracing paper "Plan de l'île Louvier et des emplacements destinés à différents chantiers de bois à brûler".
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