FLOQUET (Jean-André). Traité ou analise d'un canal projetetté pour dériver une partie des eaux de la Durence, pour Aix, Marseille et Tarascon. Marseille, Pierre Boy, 1742. In-12, speckled basane, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). This is the only edition of this book on the Canal de Provence, a vast project to supply Aix, Marseille and the surrounding area with water diverted from the Durance, started in 1752 by the hydraulic engineer Jean-André Floquet. However, the project was soon abandoned due to the cost of the work and the refusal of its main sponsor, the Duke of Richelieu, to provide the necessary funds. For complaining about the minister's lack of faith, Floquet was imprisoned in the Bastille, where he died in 1771. Epidermal marks on the spine and cuts.