AD 1739 · 18th century · Paris

Plan de Turgot

Louis Bretez

Twenty sectional plates assemble an oblique, building-by-building performance of eighteenth-century Paris.

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Sectional plate from the oblique Turgot plan of Paris
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Catalogue record

Cartographer Louis Bretez
Publisher Michel-Étienne Turgot, prévôt des marchands
Engraver Claude Lucas
Edition Plan de Paris, 1739
Medium Copper engraving in twenty plates plus key map

Tags

  • Paris
  • perspective plan
  • building
  • urban spectacle
  • engraving

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Bibliography

  • Boutier, Jean. Les Plans de Paris: des origines (1493) à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. 2nd ed. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2007.

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