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PARIS TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZ. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Paris, Levé et dessiné par Louis Bretez, gravé par Claude Lucas, 1739 image 1
PARIS TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZ. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Paris, Levé et dessiné par Louis Bretez, gravé par Claude Lucas, 1739 image 2
PARIS TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZ. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Paris, Levé et dessiné par Louis Bretez, gravé par Claude Lucas, 1739 image 3
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Lot 33

PARIS
TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZ. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Paris, 1739

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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PARIS

TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZ. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, folding double-page index map, and 20 map sheets by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez, plates 18/19 with large cartouche are joined and folded, plates 13 and 18 quite heavily toned, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf gilt, sides with decorative roll-tool border enclosing the Arms of Paris, and fleur-de-lis corner-pieces, spine tooled in ten compartments within raised bands, gilt dentelles, g.e., worn, lower joint splitting, some loss to spine ends [Cohen-de Ricci 807], folio (555 x 430mm.), Paris, Levé et dessiné par Louis Bretez, gravé par Claude Lucas, 1739

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A magnificent detailed bird's-eye view of the whole of Paris, prepared between 1734 and 1739. If pasted together the map would have a complete decorative border with a vignette containing a description at the foot of the map.

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