Plan de la Ville et Faubourg de Paris avec tous ses accroissements Et la Nouvelle Enceinte des Barrieres de cette Capitale

[Paris--Plan]

Published by Mondhare and Jean, Paris, 1789

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PARIS ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION. Paris: Mondhare and Jean, 1789. Folding engraved map (24 3/4" x 38 3/8", 629mm x 975mm) dissected and mounted on cartographic linen in 24 segments. The title within an allegorical cartouche top left, an inset of the "Banlieue de Paris" (Paris and surrounding suburbs) and an index to streets, parishes, churches, hospitals and libraries down the right and left sides Some wear at the folds of the linen, strengthened verso. Tanning to the edges of the segments. The odd spot of ink, with some damp-spotting. Printed in Paris in the months before the Revolution, the map gives no hint of the turmoil that would soon come to its peaceful and well-ordered streets, save the ominous "Nouvelle Enceinte des Barrieres," the system of barricades put in place to control crowds. Thus the final pre-Revolutionary place names are captured on this 1789 map, among them "Place de Louis XV," the site of the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antionette, changed in 1795 to "Place de la Concorde" in celebration of the reconciliation following the revolution. The Hôtel des Invalides is here the "Hotel Royal des Invalides." The prison of Bastille looms intact. In the following year, the Assemblée nationale ordered Louis-Joseph Mondhare (1734-1799) and Pierre Jean (1754-1829) to issue a revised version of the map; the inset of the "Banlieue de Paris" to be replaced with a list of the 48 Sections into which Paris was divided under Revolutionary mandate. Seller Inventory # AJS0002

Bibliographic Details

Title: Plan de la Ville et Faubourg de Paris avec ...

Publisher: Mondhare and Jean, Paris

Publication Date: 1789

Binding: No binding

Condition: Very good