PLAN DE LA VILLE ET FAUXBOURGS DE PARIS. Dresseé sur les Observations Astronomiques de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et sur les Operations Geomr. de Guillaume Del'Isle Ier. Geogr. du Roy de la meme Academie.

Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized that the new methods of measuring by scale and of marking the places were very valuable for cartography; with this help he therefore produced a new and more accurate picture of the world.This beautiful plan of Paris indicates important buildings, parks, gardens, places of interest and the Seine river. Street index on both sides.

Fine condition.