Lot n° 212
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GEORGES PELTIER. Plan of Paris as the crow flies, artistic r - Lot 212
GEORGES PELTIER. Plan of Paris as the crow flies, artistic reproductions in elevation of all the streets, houses and artistic treasures of Paris. Paris, Blondel La Rougery, no date (1920). In fifty sections mounted on canvas and folded, forming a plan of 140 x 190 cm
(folded: 28,5 x 19 cm). On the reverse, label of "Blondel La Rougery, éditeur-géographe, 7, rue Saint-Lazare", with inscription in ink
"M. Gérard de Grandagne, 88, rue de l'Université, Paris VII".
Rare monumental and very detailed plan of Paris, measuring one meter forty in height and nearly two meters in width, drawn by Georges Peltier between 1920 and 1940. The author was inspired by the famous plan of Louis Bretez called "Turgot's plan", drawn in 1739. Paris is represented as the crow flies, with all the buildings and monuments shown in perspective and elevation: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Notre-Dame, the old Palais du Trocadéro, Palais de Justice, etc.
Slightly yellowed, some tears.
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