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Auction 192, Lot 460
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"Plan du Cours de la Seine dans la Traversee de Paris...", Buache, Philip

Subject: Paris, France

Period: 1746 (dated)

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Color: Black & White

Size:
11.2 x 8.3 inches
28.4 x 21.1 cm
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This small plan of Paris depicts the city following the devastating floods of December 1740. The lightly shaded portions of the map - close to half the city - indicate those areas that were under water (including places like the Louvre and Notre Dame). A small table at lower right identifies 19 places on the Ile de la Cite that had to be evacuated. Published in a volume of the Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with some minor toning and offsetting.

Estimate: $90 - $110

Sold for: $90

Closed on 4/26/2023

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