Author: (MAP -- PARIS)
Title: Nouveau Plan de Paris
Description: Paris, Librairie Hachette, n.y. Hardcover. Folio (32½" X 27½") color map that folds down into 12mo hard case (light green and blue cloth with dark green lettering), into front of which is bound 16mo 48pp printed text. Near fine/near fine. Hard case is slightly age toned; bright map with a number of small discreet archival strengthening (all on verso) at folds. Superb later printing of this glorious cased map first published in 1867. Eiffel Tower is clearly marked, so this undated printing is post-1889 and likely turn of the century. The roughly-circular city is machine colored in tan; the River Seine, all parks and woods as well as major roads, are all in light green; all train routes and important buildings are in bold red. Small legend in upper left corner identifies "Signes Conventionnels," while another at lower left is titled "Paris Divise par Arrondissements et par Quartiers" and small map numbers all 20 arrondissements as they spiral from center outwards. The text bound into the front of the case is titled "List Alphabétique des Rues de Paris" and is a detailed street directory that also identifies important structures (hospitals, schools, etc.) Quite an attractive copy. .

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