Compendio istorico e cronologico delle ragioni, e proprietà della città di Brescia sopra li tre fiumi Oglio, Chiese, e Mella. by [Bighelli, Vincenzo] - 1800

Brescia: dalla stamperia della nobile congregazione delegata, 1800. First edition. Good. Quarto (28 cm); 140, [2] pages. Engraved crest of the city's department of rivers and canals on title page; and three additional engraved vignettes, two of them of hydraulic equipment. Printed on heavy stock. Bound in contemporary polychrome marbled stiff paper. Covers rather dusty , with wear to edges and spine. Dampstains at upper right corner of title page, and in margins of last leaves. Few marginal notes in pencil. Reference: Melzi 1, p. 233 (1806 edition).

Compendious history of the waterways of Brescia, including the three navigable rivers and the system of irrigation canals. Interesting history of water rights, engineering, and the social impact of waterways.