A large and decorative plan of Paris published the year of the Battle of Waterloo

BONNISEL, J.

Plan de la Ville et Faubourgs de Paris, avec ses Monuments Divisé par Quartiers et Arrondissments. 1815.
Paris: Jean, 1815. Original outline colour. Four sheets conjoined, total 950 x 1200mm.

A fine example.

A large and detailed plan of Paris, decorated with 29 views and elevations of important buildings and monuments in the side panels,including the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Petit Palais Musee des Beaux-Arts, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Tuileries Palace.
A detailed key lists streets, bridges, arrondissements, cemeteries and even slaughterhouses, locating them on the map using a coordinate system.


Stock ID : 16861