BRETEZ, LOUIS. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734. Paris, 1739. Double-page folding engraved key plate, the plan on 20 numbered double-page sheets (nos. 18 and 19 folding and on one sheet) on guards, engraved by Lucas after Bretez. Large folio, 548 x 440 mm. (21 5/8 x 17¼ in.), contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, front cover nearly detached; some light even browning to plates, a few short marginal tears (one crossing image approximately 2 inches on plate 1), some marginal notations in an early hand. Vallée 412; Atlas des Anciens Plans de Paris, pl. XXVII.

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BRETEZ, LOUIS. Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734. Paris, 1739. Double-page folding engraved key plate, the plan on 20 numbered double-page sheets (nos. 18 and 19 folding and on one sheet) on guards, engraved by Lucas after Bretez. Large folio, 548 x 440 mm. (21 5/8 x 17¼ in.), contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, front cover nearly detached; some light even browning to plates, a few short marginal tears (one crossing image approximately 2 inches on plate 1), some marginal notations in an early hand. Vallée 412; Atlas des Anciens Plans de Paris, pl. XXVII.

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