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First large-scale view of Paris published in Paris.
Paris 1660.
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This is the only known example of Nöel Cochin and Nicolas Berey's 1660 view of Paris - the earliest known large-format view of Paris published in Paris (an earlier large view was issued in Amsterdam). This view is likely a proof state or perhaps a study for a larger view of the same issued two years later in 1662 (c.f. Boutier #105). (more details)
Finest Engraved Plan of Paris in its Sole Original Edition.
Plan de Paris Commence l’Annee 1734.... Leve et Desine par Louis Bretez Grave par Claude Lucas / Et Ecrit par Aubin.
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This is Louis Bretez and Michel-Etienne Turgot's monumental 1739 map of Paris, in a beautiful, bound example. Turgot's map of Paris - possibly the most ambitious urban mapping ever undertaken - shows the whole of 18th century Paris, offering an unparalleled view of the city prior to the 19th century redesign by Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann: every structure within the city at the time is here depicted. Turgot, who held the mayor-like office of Prevôt des Marchands de Paris , commissioned Louis Bretez and Claude Lucas to produce this map. Oriented to the east on an axonometric projection, this map is best understood as an aerial view in which every building, window, tree, shadow, and park are shown from an equidistant aerial perspective. In order to produce the thousands of sketches and surveys required to complete this map, Bretez was issued a permit to enter every building in Paris. It took the team nearly five years of exhaustive sketching and surveying to assemble this masterpiece. (more details)
Paris during the Interwar Period.
[Paris.]
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This vibrant, likely Joseph Pinchon, watercolor map of Paris, c. 1931-38, highlights the city's Interwar shopping, bar, theater, and café life. The artist's confident hand reveals Paris as a dynamic crucible of creativity and commerce during the luminous interval before the dark years of World War II. While the piece is unattributed, there is strong anecdotal evidence that is the work came from the Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906 - 2011) collection and is by one of the major French artists she patronized: Joseph Porphyre Pinchon (1871 - 1953), Jean Mercier, or Chéri Hérouard, Pinchon being the most likely candidate. (more details)
Merchandising the French Revolution and making the Bastille an Icon..
Plan de la Bastille.
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This is a rare 1790 Pierre-François Palloy broadside map of the Bastille published as part of Palloy's brilliant contemporaneous merchandising of the French Revolution. Palloy recognized the significance of the Bastille as a symbol of the French Revolution. With the inspired idea that he would sell off the Bastille block by block, Palloy began demolishing the infamous prison on the night of its Storming. His entrepreneurship and promotional efforts not only made him rich, they also effectively cemented the Storming of the Bastille in the global imagination. The printed ephemera Palloy published to promote his demolition of the rebranding of the Bastille is thus of the utmost significance and rarity - this being just one of just 6 confirmed surviving examples. (more details)
Spectacular wall map of Paris.
Plan de la Ville et Fauxbourgs de Paris Divise en 20 Quartiers dont la plus grande partie a ete rectifee d'apres differens desseins leve Geometrique, tires du Cabinet de Mr. Cevalier de * * * *... Dedie aux Citoyens de la Capitale Par... Desnos... 1777.
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This is a spectacular 1777 large-scale map of Paris by Louis-François Deharme, published by Louis Charles Desnos. The map captures Paris during the reign of Louis XV, a period of growing unrest and inter-class resentment that would ultimately culminate in the French Revolution (1789 - 1799). (more details)
Celebrating the Empire from Occupied France.
L'Empire Colonial Francais, 1506 - 1940.
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This is a highly scarce, visually stunning, and very large-format (38.25 x 73.25 in.) wall map of the world highlighting the French colonial empire, prepared by the cartographic firm Girard et Barrère. Curiously, it was produced in March 1944, when France itself was under German occupation and the empire was divided against itself among loyalists of Vichy and Free France. (more details)
Unique record of D-Day.
Operations Overlay. Annex No. 1 to F.O. No. 1. HQ-357th Inf. 28 May 1944. / ADM. OVERLAY. France 1:25000 GSGS-4250. NEPTUNE ANNEX#2 TO FO#1 HQ 357th INF, May 28, 1944. / Annex 3a. Overlay to Accompany Intelligence Annex to FO #1 HQ 357th INF. 28 May 1944.
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This is a collection of three 1944 World War II manuscript map overlays created nine days before the D-Day invasion in Normandy (May 28, 1944), all of which bear the classification BIGOT - TOP SECRET. All three were drawn for the 357th Infantry Regiment, which landed on Utah Beach on June 8, 1944, two days after D-Day. The overlays provide insight into how infantry soldiers prepared and the details these men valued enough to carry into the field. These overlays were found sewn into the collar of a uniform jacket a soldier received in the field. (more details)
Greatest Map of Mont Blanc Ever Made.
Le Massif du Mont Blanc.
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This is Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's stunning chromolithographic 1876 map of Mont Blanc, produced after years of studying the massif's geography and geology. It is considered the greatest map of Mont Blanc ever produced, reflecting Viollet-le-Duc's artistic skills and unique experience as France's premier restorationist of historic sites. The map's production also coincided with territorial disputes between France and Italy (still unresolved) following the 'return' of Mont Blanc to France in 1860. (more details)
Redefining the French national identity in the Bourbon Restoration.
Carte Topographique, Minéralogique et Statistique de la France, Réduite de celle de Cassini, a L'Échelle de 1:388800.
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A massive 1826 map of France by Alexis Donnet and Hyacinthe Langlois. The map was issued as the definitive map of France during the Bourbon Restoration (1814 - 1830), as the nation recovered and reorganized in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). (more details)
Among the Earliest Commercially Produced Relief Maps
La France et la Belgique par Bauerkeller.
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This is an exceptionally rare c. 1844 raised relief map of France and Belgium, produced by the revolutionary German-born Parisian mapmaker Georg Michael Bauerkeller. Like Bauerkeller's other early works, this was one of the earliest commercially-available relief maps, produced in small numbers in a meticulous patented process. (more details)
Challenges of mapmaking during the French Revolution.
Catalogue des Cartes et Ouvrages Géographique de Guillme Delisle et Philpe Buache, Premier Géographes de l'Académie des Science, De ceux des Sieurs Dezauche, Jaillot et Autres Auteurs, Lesquels composent les Fonds Géographique du Sr. Dezauche, Successeur des Sieurs Delisle et Buache, Ainsi Que le Catalogue général des Cartes de la Marine Dont il a seul l'entrepôt général.
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This is a 1793 Jean-Claude Dezauche catalog of maps published at the height of the French Revolution. The 44-page catalog advertises the cartographic work of the Dezauche firm while lamenting the difficulties of producing such work in the midst of that period of intense social and political turmoil. The catalog thus offers a unique insight into the world of cartography during one of Europe's most turbulent periods. (more details)
Magnificent, iconic, and highly detailed twenty sheet wall map of Paris, France.
Plan de Paris.
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This is the c. 1900 Taride edition of Louis Bretez and Michel-Etienne Turgot's monumental 1739 map of Paris. Turgot's map of Paris is possibly the most ambitious urban mapping ever undertaken. This map shows the whole of 18th century Paris and offers an expansive perspective on the city before Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann's 19th-century redesign. Turgot, who held the mayor-like office of Prevôt des Marchands de Paris , commissioned Louis Bretez and Claude Lucas to produce this map. Oriented to the east on an axonometric projection, this map is best understood as an aerial view where in every building, window, tree, shadow, and park are shown from an equidistant aerial perspective. In order to produce the thousands of sketches and surveys required to complete this map, Bretez was issued a permit to enter every building in Paris. It took the team nearly five years of exhaustive sketching and surveying to assemble this masterpiece. (more details)
Germany's View of Britain during World War I.
L'Entente Cordiale 1915.
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This is a powerful 1915 pictorial zoomorphic serio-comic map of Europe, prepared by German illustrator Eugen von Baumgarten as propaganda during World War I (1914 - 1918). It depicts Great Britain as a spider ensnaring and eating its allies, who, unwittingly, have been caught in its web. (more details)
Paris emerging as a modern European capital.
Nouveau plan géométrique de Paris et ses environs.
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This is an impressive 1873 Victor Clérot city plan or map of Paris, measuring nearly 5 feet wide. In 1873, Paris was in the midst of recovery and transformation, still bearing the scars of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1871. The Third Republic was consolidating its power, establishing a more stable and democratic government, setting the stage for Paris's resurgence as a center of cultural and intellectual activity in Europe. It also illustrates the Theirs Wall and the city's impressive, if short-lived, fortifications. (more details)
Monumental twelve panel map of Paris.
Plan De Paris, Levé Par Les Ordres Du Roy Et Par Les Soins De Messieurs Les Prevost Des Marchands Et Eschevins.
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This majestic twelve panel map or plan of Paris is the c. 1900 Taride reissue of an important map originally prepared by Pierre Bullet, Francois Blonde, A. Bonnardt, and Bernard J. H. Jaillot. Like many early maps of Paris, the present example is oriented to the ... (more details)
Debut of the Eiffel Tower.
Exposition Universelle de Paris 1889.
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This is an 1889 Gibert-Clarey (GTC) chromolithograph broadside issued to promote the Paris Exposition Universelle. Although numerous stunning broadsides were issued for the Exposition, this one stands out for its beautiful and technical mastery. (more details)
18 Days before the Siege of Paris.
No. 8. Stannard and Son's, Perspective View of Paris and its Environs, Shewing All the Fortifications and Redoubts, Together with the Lines of Defense Recently Thrown Up, and the Roads, Rivers, and Railways Communication with the Interior.
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This 1870 Alfred Concanen view of Paris details the city's elaborate defensive works just 18 days before the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War Siege of Paris (September 17, 1870 - January 28, 1871). In this engagement, the enormous Enceinte de Thiers (Thiers Wall), constructed at extraordinary expense and believed to be impregnable, proved little more than a king's folly. (more details)
Key piece in the antisemitic campaign against Alfred Dreyfus.
Musée des Horreurs. No. 6. le Traitre!
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This is the most important and influential of Antoine-Victor Lenepveu's 1899 antisemitic Dreyfus Affair broadsides. Dreyfus was a French-Jewish army officer wrongly convicted of treason, a charge based in antisemitism. The Dreyfus Affair is considered a precursor to the ideological and societal forces that would later contribute to the Holocaust. (more details)
Controversial eyewitness to the final moments of The Red Baron.
This is a c. 1970 archive by gunner George Ridgway detailing his eyewitness account of the World War I (1914 - 1918) downing of the 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), the 'ace-of-aces' and perhaps the world's most famous fighter pilot. (more details)
Bucolic Panorama of Paris and her Countryside.
Prosp. der Statt Parys wie solche an ietzo an zusehen.
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This is a 1655 Caspar Merian view of Paris, France - a superbly executed view showing that in artistry, Caspar was indeed his father's son. The view is oriented to the west-south-west, from a perspective both farther from the city and more to the east than the elder Merian's 1638 view. Rather than border the view with stylized or fanciful floral decoration, Caspar Merian has - following the lead of his father - chosen to frame the panorama in realistic semi-wild trees and bracken akin to that of the hillside from which the view was drawn, which has the effect of emphasizing that it was drawn from life. (more details)
French SAS operations in Brittany, France, in June 1944.
This is a c. 1950 map and with additional original c. 2004 artwork commemorating the French SAS (Special Air Service) operations in Brittany, France, in June 1944, both before and after the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings in Normandy. Bré, a French artist and historian, combined 3 Institut Géographique National maps, upon which he added his own artwork. The map directly references 3 of these SAS missions: Operation Dingson, Operation Cooney (also known as Operation Cooney Parties), and Operation Lost. (more details)
The end of the Paris Commune.
Paris Incendié Nuit du 24 au 25 Mai 1871.
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This is a c. 1871 Michel Charles Fichot chromolithograph view of Paris burning during the last week of the Paris Commune. Buildings, including the Palais des Tuileries, appear engulfed in flames embellished by striking hand color. (more details)
'The Modern Beheading Machine.'
Massacre of the French King! View of La Guillotine; or the Modern Beheading Machine, at Paris.
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This is a 1793 William Lane broadside decrying the execution the French King Louis XVI while at the same time extolling the terrible industrial modernism of the guillotine itself. The author is justly horrified by the violence of the 'Reign of Terror' but at the same time macabrely fascinated with modern industrial efficiency of the 'killing machine.' (more details)
World's greatest wines.
Domaine du chateau de Beaune Propte. de MM Bouchard père et fils / Carte situant les principaux crus où MM Bouchard père et fils sont proprietaires.
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This scarce 1931 pictorial map of the Bourgogne Côte d'Or region, issued for the bicentennial of Bouchard Père et Fils, one of the great Bourgogne vineyards. (more details)
Call for help from the trenches of World War I.
Boys Come over here you're wanted.
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This is a 1915 Parliamentary Recruiting Committee World War I (1914 - 1918) propaganda recruiting broadside illustrating the English Channel, Britain, and France. It is a stirring plea for British soldiers to defend continental Europe. (more details)
Beginning of the Haussmann Renovations.
Plan de Paris Fortifié et des Communes Environnantes.
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This is a stunning 1856 Longuet city plan or map of Paris, France, during the reign of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire. The map illustrates the early stages of the Georges-Eugène Haussmann Renovations of Paris, which took place from 1853 - 1870. (more details)
Bedrock of the British Empire.
A General Chart of the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas together with the Grecian Archipelago... [First Sheet].
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This is John Norie's large-format 1850 nautical chart of the western Mediterranean Sea, including the Strait of Gibraltar and the Balearic Islands. Among other features, it highlights the critically important Strait of Gibraltar, the crux of British naval power in the Mediterranean. (more details)
Belle Epoque France satirized.
Nouvelle Carte de France, d'après les dernières découvertes des Savants et des Explorateurs.
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This is a lively 1882 pictorial satirical map of France drawn by Albert Robida and engraved by Yves and Barret for the publication La Caricature, which Robida edited. With a mix of celebration and ridicule, it presents cultural stereotypes and humorous observations of France's regional identities in the early Belle Époque. (more details)
Singular Map and View of the Pyrenees.
Les Pyrénées vues de Pau, l'observateur étant placé sur la tourelle du Boulevard du Midi.
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This is a striking 1890 map and bird's-eye view of the Pyrenees from the southern French town of Pau, prepared by J. Jérôme and Louis Eugène Lenfant. It presents the region as it became popular both as a destination for hikers and mountaineers and for religious pilgrims in the wake of the 1868 Marian apparitions at Lourdes. (more details)
S'amuser au soleil!
Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest. Excursions sur les Côtes de Normandie en Bretagne et à l'Ile de Jersey.
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This stunning promotional chromolithograph travel poster of Normandy and Brittany, France, was prepared by A. Maulde et Cie for the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest (Railroad of the West). Produced in a highly distinctive fin-de-siècle style, it reflects the development of rail infrastructure and the emergence of these areas as tourist destinations in the late 19th century. (more details)
Follows the 36th Infantry from Salerno to Austria.
Campaigns of the 36th Infantry Division in World War II. Campaigns in Italy. The 36th Infantry Division Campaigns in France Germany Austria.
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This is a set of two 1945 World War II pictorial route maps of Italy, France, Germany, and Austria following the 36th Infantry Division's progress during the conflict. Yellow and red bursts mark important battles, including Salerno, Rome, Vesoul, and Hagenau. Other pictorial elements reference life encountered along the way, such as children asking for chocolate and the wonder of French champagne. (more details)
Last Days of the Corsican Republic.
Carte de l'isle de Corse divisée par Jurisdictions.
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This is a c. 1768 map of Corsica published by Jean Lattré. It presents the island during the final phase of the Corsican Republic before the French invasion and occupation, which ended the republic. (more details)