Nouveau plan de Paris : avec les augmentations et changemens qui on été faits pour son embellissement [map] / fait en 1784 par M. Brion de la Tour, Ingénieur Géographe du Roi; Tulpin g; Viguet, scu.

Author
Brion de la Tour, Louis, 1743-1803 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
French
Published/​Created
Paris : les Campions frères, 1784.
Description
  • Scale [1:10,000]. (E 2°17ʹ30ʺ--E 2°23ʹ00ʺ/N 48°52ʹ40ʺ--N 48°49ʹ40ʺ).
  • 1 map : dissected in 24 pieces, mounted on cloth ; 57 x 69 cm., on sheet 57 x 81 cm.

Details

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Library of Congress genre(s)
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Notes
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Insets: Plan de Versailles (scale [1:40,000]) -- Banlieue de Paris (scale not given).
  • Includes indices on left, right, and lower margins.
  • Historiated title cartouche.
  • Boutier suggests "Tulpin G. Viguet" as name of sculpsit, cf. 325.
  • Wall map.
  • Historic Maps copy 1 has cloth loops for hanging in upper corners.
References
  • Boutier. Les plans de Paris, 2002 325
  • Vallée, L. Catalogue des plans de Paris 421
OCLC
166403474
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