Michel Etienne Turgot (1690-1751): Map of Paris, engraved on paper and mounted on wooden frames, ca. 1739

320 x 250 cm

The twenty plates comprise a large and magnificent detailed bird's-eye view of the whole of Paris, prepared between 1734 and 1739.
Published by Turgot in 1739, designed by Louis Bretez and engraved by Claude Lucas.