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Auction 147, Lot 455

"Nouveau Plan de Paris", Hachette, Louis Christophe Francois

Subject: Paris, France

Period: 1856 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
30.8 x 25.9 inches
78.2 x 65.8 cm
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This detailed folding plan of Paris shows all the streets and boulevards as well as monuments and places of interest, including the Louvre and Notre Dame. The map folds into black embossed cloth covers and contains a 31 pp. street directory. Drawn by Vuillemin and engraved by E. George.

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Condition: B

Issued folding and backed with linen. There are numerous light stains in the image and the front cover and attached street directory are detached.

Estimate: $150 - $190

Sold for: $190

Closed on 11/20/2013

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