Turgot. Plan de Paris. 1739, folio, red morocco with arms of the city of Paris. A fine example

TURGOT, MICHEL ÉTIENNE

Plan de Paris. Paris, 1739

Large folio (555 x 443mm.), 21 double-page engraved maps (the first plate a folding overview, the rest numbered 1-20; plates 18-19 pasted together to form double-page folding plate), designed by Louis Bretez and engraved by Claude Lucas, sheets within contemporary red morocco, gilt coat of arms of the city of Paris on upper and lower cover, gilt fleur-de-lys to spine, occasional marginal repairs, some maps slightly shorter, rebacked retaining original spines with a few insignificant scratches

A FINE EXAMPLE. The twenty plates in this volume comprise a large and magnificent detailed bird's-eye view of the whole of Paris, prepared between 1734 and 1739; the first plate in the volume is an overview on a reduced scale. When pasted together the map would have a complete decorative border with a vignette containing a description at the foot of the map.