1713 Antique MAP OF THE PROVOSTSHIP AND VICOUNTY OF PARIS France Senex (LM33-15)

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A MAP OF THE PROVOSTSHIP AND VICOUNTY OF PARIS Drawn from a great number of particular Memoirs made according to the Observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences by G Delisle of the same Academy.A fine large map showing Paris and the surrounding area under its jurisdiction based on the work of French Cartographer Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726), the leading mapmaker of his time. France adn Britain had recently signed a truce after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, sealed by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. France was still under the absolute rule of Louis X1V, the Sun King; he would die in 1715, two years after this map was published. Visable to the left of Paris are the enormous cruciform canals created as part of the ornamental gardens at Verseille, the chateau Louis began building in 1682 which moved the seat of royal power outside Paris for the next century.Size approx 65cm x 51cm including margins. Condition is generally very fine with central fold as issued. Seller Inventory # LM33-15-5135955

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