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Paris, ses fauxbourgs et ses environs
où se trouve le détail des villages, châteaux, grands chemins pavez et autres...
Paris,
Jaillot,
1731
Large engraved wall map on nine sheets joined, with original hand colour.
128 by 178mm. (5 by 7 inches).
20115
notes:
Roussel's important wall map of Paris.
The map shows Paris and its environs, from Vincennes to the bois de Boulogne east to west, and from Saint-Denis to Bicêtre and Ivry north to south.
Roussel's contemporaries praised his work for its accuracy and artistic qualities. Author of town plans, regional and border maps, his career spanned 40 years and gained him the title of Ingenieur du Roy.
The map was first published in 1730 and was sold by ...
The map shows Paris and its environs, from Vincennes to the bois de Boulogne east to west, and from Saint-Denis to Bicêtre and Ivry north to south.
Roussel's contemporaries praised his work for its accuracy and artistic qualities. Author of town plans, regional and border maps, his career spanned 40 years and gained him the title of Ingenieur du Roy.
The map was first published in 1730 and was sold by ...
bibliography:
Boutier, Jean, Les Plans de Paris, pp.242-245; Mercure de France, January 1731, pp.123, 124.
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