DELAGRIVE, Abbé. Neuvieme Plan de Paris. Ses accroissements...

DELAGRIVE, Abbé. Neuvieme Plan de Paris. Ses accroissements sous le Regne de Louis XV. Paris, 1737. Black and white. Folding plan in 32 sections. Small wormholes in central part, cloth worn and cut at folds. Attempted coloring at upper left. 615 x 840 mm Plan levé par l'Abbé Delagrive Pour servir au Ive Tome du Traité de la Police par M.L.C.D.B. , published separately. Contains a table of cross-references: 1-58, a description of the increases and embellishments, and an explanation of the marks that designate the milestones in this plan. A highly decorative plan featuring a title cartouche on a drapery held by an angel and a winged woman, and a description in a cartouche surmounted by Minerva surrounded by drawing loves presenting a shield with the coat of arms of Paris. - Jean Boutier, Les plans de Paris, 211. Expert : Béatrice Loeb-Larocque