Author: STIELTJES, T.A.,
Title: De Overijsselsche Waterwegen uit een Nederlandsch Oogpunt beschouwd. Orig. edn.
Description: Zwolle, Tjeenk Willink, 1855. sm.8°. orig. light green printed wraps. 58pp. large extending general water-level table, and a large extending cross-section profile of IJssel-river at end of volume, [5]pp. of publ. advert at very end, incl. on lower outer wrap. A very interesting essay on waterways in the eastern dutch provinces Gelderland and Overijssel, their economic value, regulation of water-levels, incl. a chapter on the importance of the improvement of water-connections of Zutphen and Kampen municipalities with the Zuiderzee, incl. author recommendations. Curious & rare. Very good copy. (name erased inside front wrapper, name in corner of ti.-p.).

Keywords: gelriae overijssel waterways economy dutch