Map of Paris
Map of Paris
Artist
Louis Bretez
(French, died 1738)
Publisher
[s.n.]
Unknown Role(Engraver)
Claude Lucas
(French, 18th century)
Place of OriginParis
Date1734-1739
Dimensionspage: 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.4 cm)
Mediumbook with engravings
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number
2000.59
Not on View
DescriptionOne volume containing the complete suite of 20 large double-page engraved panoramic plates and 1 double-page engraved contents leaf (as well as notes by Louis Bretez). Plates 18 and 19 are printed together on folded sheets with title information in a central crest. Large double folio bound in original French red morocco, gilt outer borders, covers bearing the gilt armorial device of the city of Paris, gilt fleurs-de-lis in spine compartments.
Published ReferencesJean-Robert Pitte, Paris: Histoire d'une ville (Paris: Hachette, 1993), p.80.
David P. Jordan, Transforming Paris: the Life and Labors of Baron Haussmann (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996), p. 169.
Ursus Rare Books, Catalogue 221, Travel (New York, 2000), no. 166.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 194, repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryViews of Paris (exhibition catalogue), New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1939.Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Graphic Arts, Dec. 21, 2001-March 30, 2002.
Paris: City of Ar, November 6, 2009 - March 14, 2010.
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