Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,000
(PARIS.) Group of 11 engraved case maps. Generally fine condition unless noted; most with engraved bookplate of Scottish architect John William Simpson. Paris, vd

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Cassini de Thury. [Environs of Paris]. 23x36 inches, dissected into 21 segments and laid on original linen backing; seller's ticket of Jean Lattre and bookplate of John Towneley, Esq. on verso; original tooled paste-paper case. Paris, 1756.
Mondhare et Jean. Plan de la Ville et Faubourg de Paris Divise en ses 48 Sections. 25x38 1/4 inches, dissected into 24 segments and laid on original linen backing; districts hand-colored in outline; original tooled paste-paper case with gilt paper label. Paris, 1790.
Vaugondy/Delamarche. Plan Geometral de Paris et de ses Fauxbourgs. 26 1/2x39 inches, dissected into 21 segments and laid on original linen backing; small tabs of cello tape at several fold intersections; original tooled paste-paper case with gilt paper label. Paris, 1797.
John Roque. Plan de Paris / A Plan of Paris and Its Environs from the Great Survey of l'Abbe de la Grive. 19 1/2x28 1/2 inches, dissected into 16 segments and laid on original linen backing; attractive original hand-color; original pink paste-paper case; London: Laurie & Whittle, 1814.
Louis Brion de la Tour. Nouveau Plan de Paris avec ses Augmentations. 22 3/4x31 3/4 inches; original hand-color in full; ink stamp at upper left margin, small fold separations; original paper-backed blue paste-paper boards with later manuscript cover label. Paris, circa 1785. Bound with: Desonos, Carte Topographique du Departement de Paris. 17x21 inches; original hand-color. Paris, 1790.
Dufour, A.H. Environs de Paris. 23 1/4x33 1/2 inches, dissected into 21 segments and laid on original linen backing; original hand-color in outline; marbled paper folder and case. Paris: Longuet, 1851.
Marie. Plan de la Ville de Paris, Dedie et Presente au Roi. 26x37 inches, dissected into 21 segments and laid on original linen backing; original tooled green paper case. Paris, 1816.
Girard, Xavier. Plan de la Ville de Paris, Divise en 12 Arrondissemens, en 48 Quartiers. 23 1/4x38 3/4 inches, dissected into 24 segments and laid on original linen backing; small fold separations; without case. Paris: Goujon, 1820.
Vuillemin, Alexandre. Nouveau Plan Illustré de la Ville de Paris avec le Système Complet de ses Fortifications et Forts Détachés, et des Communes de la Banlieue. 33 1/2x44 inches, dissected into 32 segments and laid on original silk backing; small fold separations; without case. Paris 1847. Piquet, Charles. Plan Routier de la Ville de Paris, Divise en XII Arrondissements ou Mairies et en 48 Quartiers. 32 3/4x54 1/2 inches, dissected into 40 segments and laid on original linen backing; small fold separations; without case. Paris, 1814.
Delesse, Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph. Carte Hydrologique du Département de la Seine Publiée d'Après les Ordres de M. le Baron Haussmann, Sénateur, Préfet de la Seine. Chromolithograph, 56 1/2x48 1/2 inches, dissected into 36 segments and laid on original linen backing; lower section detached, other small fold separations. Paris, 1862.