Alexandre VUILLEMIN geographer (1812-1886),... - Lot 55 - Steffen’s Enchères Rambouillet

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Alexandre VUILLEMIN geographer (1812-1886),... - Lot 55 - Steffen’s Enchères Rambouillet
Alexandre VUILLEMIN geographer (1812-1886), FATOUT editor and BÉNARD engraver NEW ILLUSTRATION PLAN OF THE CITY OF PARIS - with the complete system of its fortifications and detached forts, and of the Communes of the Suburbs, 1847 Thirty-two sections mounted on canvas, engraved on steel, decorated with about ninety vignettes depicting monuments, bridges or squares of Paris and its suburbs as well as the forts around Paris. With alphabetical list of streets, table of the communes of the suburbs, distances between the forts and the "octroi wall" or barrier of the Fermiers Généraux. The plan shows the two city walls, the Fermiers Généraux wall, built in 1790, and the bastioned Thiers wall. The Thiers wall, named after the politician who conceived the project, was built between 1841 and 1844, at the request of King Louis-Philippe, who wished to build a bastioned wall around the capital that would make the city impregnable. Made up of ninety-four bastions, it encompassed not only Paris but also the surrounding communes: Montmartre, La Villette, Belleville, Charonne, Bercy, Auteuil, Passy, Grenelle, etc. All around this enclosure, sixteen detached forts were built, thirteen of which are shown on the map. The map also shows the railway lines from Paris, illustrated with locomotives. The city is divided into twelve districts. 85.5 x 112 cm on view Framed (missing a stick), wear and tear
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