Traité sur les puits artésiens ou sur les différentes espèces de terrains dans lesquels on doit rechercher les eaux souterraines

Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised and expanded.
Full glazed bronze calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt friezes decorated with blind friezes as well as gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, traces of rubbing on joints, frame of gilt fillet and gilt dots in corners as well as blind tooling on boards struck with a central blind medallion in diamond shape embellished with blind decorative motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Francis Garnier.
Our copy contains only 23 folding plates out of 25 (lacking plates 24 and 25).
Some foxing.