Historic Map : Esnauts and Rapilly Case Map of Paris, 1780, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Morse and Breese

Morse and Breese

this precision quickly evaporates

springs and cities

Engraved by De La Haye for Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette's 1775 Neptune Oriental

to Prague in the southeast and Efurt in the west

Historic Map : Esnauts and Rapilly Case Map of Paris, 1780, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Morse and BreeseAn extraordinary map of pre Haussmann pre Revolutionary Paris and the early Faubourgs (suburbs) issued in 1780, during the final decade of the French Monarchy. Covers Paris on Both sides of the Seine from the Ecole Militaire to the Hospital de la Roquette, extends north as far as Montmartre and south roughly to Les Gobelins. Produced at the height of French dominance of the cartographic arts, this map is a masterpiece of the engraver's art. Individual