- 3303
Turgot, Michel Étienne (1690-1751) and Louis Bretez (d.1738).
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3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734... sous les orders de Messire Michel Étienne Turgot... achevé de graver en 1739. Paris, 1739
folio (625 x 465mm.), no text, illustration: double-page engraved key map and engraved plan on 20 double-page sheets, a few sheets margined to size, uncut, binding: contemporary half calf, some marginal soiling, binding rubbed
Catalogue Note
This remarkable plan was engraved at the behest of Turgot, who was appointed prévôt des marchands under Louis XV in 1729. He devoted himself to the embellishment of Paris through the construction of fountains and the improvement of important streets such as the Quai de L'Horloge. Drafted and surveyed by Louis Bretez, the architectural draughtsman famous for his manual on perspective, this plan is perhaps Turgot's most enduring monument.