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C1771
A Plan of the City of Paris
Mapmaker:
John Andrews (1766 - 1798)
Detailed town plan of Paris eight years prior to the French Revolution. The city’s narrow streets contributed greatly to the success of the Revolution, allowing revolutionaries to barricade the streets and reducing the army’s advantage. The later Haussmann plan for … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Plan of the City of Paris
Date:
C1771
Mapmaker:
John Andrews (1766 - 1798)
Condition:
Narrow margin at top. Centre fold as issued. In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
275mm
x 225mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1771
Description:
Detailed town plan of Paris eight years prior to the French Revolution. The city’s narrow streets contributed greatly to the success of the Revolution, allowing revolutionaries to barricade the streets and reducing the army’s advantage. The later Haussmann plan for the city included wide boulevards which were built, in part, to improve the mobility of the army, making it easier to suppress uprisings. Various points of interest are referenced as its name suggests, the Champs-�lys�e is shown as a field rather than a road the Bastille prison is shown and Place de la Concorde, where Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and numerous other notables would later be guillotined is named after Louis XV.
