Ancien Regime Paris

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Plan de la Ville et Faubourgs de Paris

Avec tous les Changements et Augmentations faits et Projetes Ornes des Principaux Edifices Quelle Renferme. Dedie au Roy.

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MONDHARE, Louis Joseph
Paris,
Chez Mondhare,
1775
Large engraved plan, on four sheets joined.
915 by 1175mm (36 by 46.25 inches).
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Rare and detailed plan of Ancien Regime Paris.

The plan is surrounded by a border of 23 vignette views of the city's buildings and monuments; these include, The Louvre, Notre Dame, Les Invalides, and the Opera.

Loius Joseph Mondhare (fl. 1760-1796) was a Paris printseller and publisher; Louis Joseph began publishing circa 1760, and from 1784 he established a partnership for 12 years with his son-in-law Pierre Jean.

Rare not the BNF. Boutier ...

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Not in BNF; c.f. BNF FRBNF40625502 for 1778 edition; Boutier 308 state A.

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