[PLAN]. GOMBOUST, JACQUES. Lutetia. Paris. Fragment du plan de Paris. [Paris, 1652]. 428 x 495 mm. (16¾ x 19½ in.); matted and framed. Section contains the cartouche entitled "Paris veu de Montmartre." Unexamined out of frame, and therefore sold not subject to return. Vallée 1388, see Atlas des Anciens Plans de Paris, pl. XVIII.

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[PLAN]. GOMBOUST, JACQUES. Lutetia. Paris. Fragment du plan de Paris. [Paris, 1652]. 428 x 495 mm. (16¾ x 19½ in.); matted and framed. Section contains the cartouche entitled "Paris veu de Montmartre." Unexamined out of frame, and therefore sold not subject to return. Vallée 1388, see Atlas des Anciens Plans de Paris, pl. XVIII.

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Gomboust's plan is the first geometric delineation of the city and shows Paris as it appeared in 1647. This fragment is one of nine parts, and includes a view of the city as seen from Montmartre. The wall of Charles V has disappeared and the moat has been filled in. The arms are those of the Governor of Paris.

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