Hydrology - Lot 452

Hydrology MOLINERY (Raymond) dr. Sketches of Historical Hydrology (in collaboration with Augustin CABANÈS): * 3rd Series. Une grande Avalanche aux Bains du "Bourg de Barèges" (19 pluviôse an X). Notes, prints, documents, engravings. Followed by considerations on the means of fighting avalanches. Barèges, l'auteur, 1919. (Followed by) Esquisse hydrologique historique. La protection de Barèges contre les Avalanches (1863-1925). Tarbes, Lesbordes, 1924. - 1st Series. Mgr le Duc du Maine et Madame de Maintenon aux Eaux de Barèges (1675-1677-1681) Notes, Estampes, Documents, gravures. Paris ; Barèges, les auteurs, 1917. 2 large books in-8: 35pp. - 14p; illustrated with 13 hors texte plates protected by serpents / 55pp; illustrated with 10 hors texte plates and figures in the text. Bradel-style green boards by LAVAUX (binder's invoice), gilt titles throughout, publisher's covers preserved. Important series by Dr. MOLINERY (at least 40 volumes) published separately from the "Chronique Médicale" (1916-1917), the "Revue des Hautes Pyrénées" (Jan.-April 1919) and the "Bulletin de la Société Ramond (1918). Under the same generic title, some of the most important were published in 1922: "Autour de Théophile de Bordeu" (12th series), in 1924: "Le Prince Impérial aux Eaux de Luchon (1867)", in 1931: "De Barèges à Luchon" (40th series). Provenances: Copies of Abbé Doazan.