TOSCANY. Giovanni de BAILLOU (1758-1819) Italian geographer, - Lot 587

TOSCANY. Giovanni de BAILLOU (1758-1819) Italian geographer, responsible for the geographical and administrative division of the Tuscan departments under the Empire. Approx. 90 autograph manuscripts, with letters or items addressed to him (including some printed matter), 1803-1818 and n.d.; in folio quires, approx. 300 pages. Very important manuscript file on Tuscany under the Empire. States of population in the Kingdom of Etruria (1803). File on the administrative division and population of communes: Riquadratura delle Comunità della Toscana (1808). Lecture on ancient geography given by Baillou at the Societa Colombaria in Florence (April 29, 1812). Mémoire sur la rédaction d'un cadastre en Toscane, with letter from Baillou to the vice-president of the Georgofili Academy (1818). Geometric and cadastral surveys (latitudes, hectares) of various locations in the Arno, Mediterranean and Ombrone departments. File concerning the conversion of the old Tuscan surface measurement to the new French metric system, etc. Posters and leaflets giving official rates for currencies, weights and alcohol. Correspondence sent and received by Baillou, appointments to the geographical service, etc.