[TURGOT, Michel-Étienne (1690-1751)] et Louis BRETEZ (mort en 1738) - photo 1
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[TURGOT, Michel-Étienne (1690-1751)] et Louis BRETEZ (mort en 1738)

Lot 38
05.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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Lot 38 | [TURGOT, Michel-Étienne (1690-1751)] et Louis BRETEZ (mort en 1738)
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€ 4 000 – 5 000
[TURGOT, Michel-Étienne (1690-1751)] et Louis BRETEZ (mort en 1738)
Plan de Paris, commencé l'année 1734, dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot. [Paris :] 1739.

Exemplaire en maroquin rouge, aux armes de la ville de Paris, de ce célèbre plan levé en perspective cavalière. La vingt-et-unième planche, reliée en début d'ouvrage, contient le plan "réduit en petit suivant le même trait de la Perspéctive qu'on a observée dans le grand" (avertissement), afin d'en faciliter la compréhension. Cohen-de Ricci, col. 807 ; J. Boutier, Les Plans de Paris des origines, Paris, BNF, 2002, n° 219 ("Ce plan constitue ainsi une véritable opération de promotion et de propagande, à la gloire de la ville capitale du royaume et du prévôt des marchands qui vient encore d'en accroître à la fois l'étendue et l'éclat.")

Gr. in-folio (548 x 420 mm). 20 planches gravées dessinées par Louis Bretez et gravées par Claude Lucas, montées sur onglets, 1 plan d'assemblage monté en tête d'ouvrage. Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge aux armes de la ville de Paris, filets dorés et roulettes avec alternance de fleur de lys et palmettes en encadrement des plats, fleurs de lys en écoinçons, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés de fleurs de lys et petits fers dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin fauve, roulette sur les coupes, tranches dorées. (très légères brunissures, rares taches et piqures, reliure frottée et tachée, quelques accrocs et griffures, mors et dos frottés, coiffes et coins émoussés)

Red-morocco bound copy, with the gilt arms of Paris, of this most famous plan - a very accurate and faithful depiction of the city in the eighteenth century, before it was transformed for ever by Haussmann.
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Books
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