Turgot (Michel Etienne) Plan de Paris, engraved throughout with folding key map and 20 detailed maps by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez, on thick laid paper, all double-page and mounted on stubs, maps 18 and 19 joined and folding incorporating title in elaborate cartouche (old fold reinforced), some light browning, one or two creases, a few small tears and repairs to lower edge, those in plates 6, 9 & 20 extending into image or border, plate 1 lacking tip at lower outer corner (outside plate-mark), contemporary manuscript note "1740 Ce livre apartieu a Mdelle de Caumigny" to head of front pastedown, also remains of engraved bookplate and wax seal, handsome contemporary French mottled calf with central gilt arms of the city of Paris, gilt fleurs-de-lys and double-fillet border, larger gilt fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lys and red morocco label, rubbed, a few light stains and neat repairs to boards, edges worn, spine ends repaired (worn at foot), [Berlin Kat. 2506; Cohen-de Ricci 807; Millard French 39], folio, Paris, [c.1739].

⁂ Turgot's magnificent plan of Paris comprises twenty sheets forming a single bird's-eye plan within a decorative engraved border, measuring approximately 2.5 x 3.2 metres. The extraordinary detail provides a fascinating guide to the city prior to its development by Haussmann in the 19th century.