Delagrive (Abbé Jean, Lazarist priest and official geographer of the City of Paris, 1689-1757) Nouveau plan de Paris et de ses Faubourgs, dresse? sur la Me?ridienne de l'Observatoire et leve? ge?ome?triquement par M. l'Abbe? Delagrive, large wall map of Paris with ornate title cartouche in the top right surmounted by the arms of Paris surrounded by the goddesses Piety and Justice, accompanied by Minerva, Neptune, Mercury and Venus, and with another large cartouche in the upper left corner with dedication to King Louis XV, decorated with his portrait, each of the borders decorated with various vignettes and profiles of monuments, including the Louvre, Invalides, Tuileries, Luxembourg, Sorbonne, Val de Grâce, Notre-Dame, and others, with tables identifying locations within columns to each side, engraved map by Louis Borde and Claude Duflos, on six sheets of thick laid paper joined as one and presented on linen with wooden rollers, total size approx. 1550 x 1880 mm (61 x 74 in), some old tears and splits, a few of the joins starting to lift up, some small perforations and surface abrasion, surface dirt and some browning throughout, numerous handling creases and old folds from being rolled, published chez l'auteur, cloître Saint Benoît, Paris, 1728.

⁂ Monumental wall map by the Lazarist priest Delagrive, who was originally born in Krakow, Poland. He devoted himself exclusively to topographic engraving, surveying, and triangulation techniques. His plans of Paris, Versailles, and the surroundings of the city, earned him the position "de géographe de la ville de Paris". The present wall map took two years to complete following direct observation rather than copying of others' work, and was said to be the the first plan of Paris offered to the public for subscription. An engraved facsimile was produced after the map and published in 1880.

Rare at auction. We cannot trace another copy being sold in the last 20 years. Other examples are held in the British Library as well as a rather worn copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.