Subject: Paris, France
Period: 1740 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.8 x 19.5 inches
57.9 x 49.5 cm
A handsome map of the environs of Paris, centered on the Seine River. It is fully engraved to show numerous towns and villages represented by tiny buildings and churches, several forests, and the fortified city of St. Denis. Paris is depicted with a small but highly detailed bird's-eye plan with several named locations. A compass rose orients north to the top left corner of the sheet.
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Condition: B+
A sharp impression with contemporary color in the map and later color in the cartouche, on a bright sheet with very light soiling and professional repairs to some separations along the centerfold and small chips and tears along the edges of the sheet.