AUDE. ROYAL CANAL. ROBINE CANAL OF NARBONNE. 5 unbound 8vo p - Lot 70

AUDE. ROYAL CANAL. ROBINE CANAL OF NARBONNE. 5 unbound 8vo prints from 1731 to 1785: “Decree of the King’s Council, dated March 27, 1731, authorizing the continuation of a tax levy for twelve years in the City of NARBONNE. ” A tax established in 1680, extended at times for the Canal de la Robine, at other times for the fountains and a city gate. 4 pages + “Decree of the King’s Council, dated January 17, 1737, ordering that the Consuls of the City of NARBONNE, the owners of the Royal Canal (Canal du Midi), and other interested parties submit, within three months, … before the Intendant of Languedoc, their briefs and documents concerning the extension of the Robine Canal of NARBONNE, to connect it with the Grand Canal linking the seas. ” 6 pages + “Ordinance of September 28, 1738, appointing Mr. Thiery, Chief Engineer in Perpignan, to carry out the inspection approved by the Estates on November 28, 1737, regarding the project to connect the Robine de NARBONNE to the Royal Canal.” 6 pages + “Decree of the King’s Council, May 13, 1738, ordering the dredging of the FRESQUEL stream in the Diocese of Carcassonne. ” 8 pages + “Ordinance of the Intendant of the Province of Languedoc, dated April 12, 1785, prohibiting employees involved in pulling boats along the Robine de Narbonne Canal from letting their draft animals roam freely… ” 2 pages