Planning.- Turgot (Michel Etienne) Plan de Paris, engraved throughout with folding key map and 20 detailed maps by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez on thick laid paper, all double-page and mounted on stubs, maps 18 and 19 joined and folding incorporating title in elaborate cartouche, some light browning and marginal soiling, key map with light stain and hole at fold, one or two others with light water-staining to upper and lower margin at central fold, handsome contemporary red morocco with central gilt arms of the city of Paris on both boards and decorative gilt borders, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, g.e., rubbed, a little marked and stained, spine ends and corners worn, [BAL 371; Berlin Kat. 2506; Cohen-de Ricci 807; Millard, French 39], large folio, Paris, [c.1739]. ⁂ Turgot's magnificent plan of Paris comprises twenty sheets forming a single birds-eye plan within a decorative engraved border, measuring approximately 2.5 x 3.2 metres. The extraordinary detail provides a fascinating guide to the city prior to its development by Haussmann in the 19th century.
Planning.- Turgot (Michel Etienne) Plan de Paris, engraved throughout with folding key map and 20 detailed maps by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez on thick laid paper, all double-page and mounted on stubs, maps 18 and 19 joined and folding incorporating title in elaborate cartouche, some light browning and marginal soiling, key map with light stain and hole at fold, one or two others with light water-staining to upper and lower margin at central fold, handsome contemporary red morocco with central gilt arms of the city of Paris on both boards and decorative gilt borders, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, g.e., rubbed, a little marked and stained, spine ends and corners worn, [BAL 371; Berlin Kat. 2506; Cohen-de Ricci 807; Millard, French 39], large folio, Paris, [c.1739]. ⁂ Turgot's magnificent plan of Paris comprises twenty sheets forming a single birds-eye plan within a decorative engraved border, measuring approximately 2.5 x 3.2 metres. The extraordinary detail provides a fascinating guide to the city prior to its development by Haussmann in the 19th century.
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