Atlas General de la Ville, des Faubourgs et des Monuments de Paris
Paris: Graveur du Depot de la Guerre (Ministry of War). 1836. Binding: contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine with 6 raised bands, title in gilt on spine, spine decorated with gilt compartments, marbled upper and lower free end papers.
, Notes: The Atlas of Jacoubet, officially the general Atlas of the city, the suburbs and monuments of Paris, is a plan of Paris of 58 sheets, published in nine deliveries between 1827 and 1839. It is about a geometrical plan to the 1/2000 scale. Directed, lifted, drawn and reported by the architect Théodore Jacoubet, to whom the work is attributed, it is written by J.-M. Hacq and engraved by D. Bonnet.
Provenance: 3 Ex-libris enamel on the upper free end paper: 1- that of the Philippe-Andre O'Reilly (1786-1863), negotiator, President of the Commercial Court of Le Havre and Knight of the Legion of Honor; 2- Bibliotheque du Docteur Lucien Graux (1878-1994), medical doctor, entrepreneur, collector, bibliophile, writer, editor during French resistant; and 3- Roxane Debuisson. More than 60 years of a real passion for Paris, Roxane Jacques Debuisson (1927-2018) has had an exceptional collection on the French capital, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century: thousands of images, books, commercial invoices, decorative objects and urban furniture, contributed actively to the knowledge of Paris, while reflecting the taste, sensitivity, intellect and elegance of this great city. This large collection was always open to researchers.4- A note by the Author Theodore Jacoubet ' The undersigned Chief Architect. of the Bureau of Engineers Geometers and Draughts men of the high street Certifies that the proofs of which I submitted for the publication conforms to the publication.'
One of the most important atlases of Paris prior to the Haussmann transformations. Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugene Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. This work of the architect Theodore Jacoubet, dedicated to the prefect of the Seine, Count Chabrol de Volvic.
, Size: Folio. , Illustration: Illustrated with a double folding title page, and 58 plates, some double page plates folding. The Atlas is extra illustrated with 4 large panoramas of the city from two different editions of the work of Pernot’s Le Vieux Paris.
, References: La littérature française contemporaine [1827- 1849!: G-LAZ!, Volume 4; p.368, Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France;. In very good condition. A fine and scarce example in contemporary half morocco with matching marbled boards. Item #B6182
Binding: contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine with 6 raised bands, title in gilt on spine, spine decorated with gilt compartments, marbled upper and lower free end papers.
, Notes: The Atlas of Jacoubet, officially the general Atlas of the city, the suburbs and monuments of Paris, is a plan of Paris of 58 sheets, published in nine deliveries between 1827 and 1839. It is about a geometrical plan to the 1/2000 scale. Directed, lifted, drawn and reported by the architect Théodore Jacoubet, to whom the work is attributed, it is written by J.-M. Hacq and engraved by D. Bonnet.
Provenance: 3 Ex-libris enamel on the upper free end paper: 1- that of the Philippe-Andre O'Reilly (1786-1863), negotiator, President of the Commercial Court of Le Havre and Knight of the Legion of Honor; 2- Bibliotheque du Docteur Lucien Graux (1878-1994), medical doctor, entrepreneur, collector, bibliophile, writer, editor during French resistant; and 3- Roxane Debuisson. More than 60 years of a real passion for Paris, Roxane Jacques Debuisson (1927-2018) has had an exceptional collection on the French capital, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century: thousands of images, books, commercial invoices, decorative objects and urban furniture, contributed actively to the knowledge of Paris, while reflecting the taste, sensitivity, intellect and elegance of this great city. This large collection was always open to researchers.4- A note by the Author Theodore Jacoubet ' The undersigned Chief Architect. of the Bureau of Engineers Geometers and Draughts men of the high street Certifies that the proofs of which I submitted for the publication conforms to the publication.'
One of the most important atlases of Paris prior to the Haussmann transformations. Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugene Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. This work of the architect Theodore Jacoubet, dedicated to the prefect of the Seine, Count Chabrol de Volvic.
, Size: Folio. , Illustration: Illustrated with a double folding title page, and 58 plates, some double page plates folding. The Atlas is extra illustrated with 4 large panoramas of the city from two different editions of the work of Pernot’s Le Vieux Paris.
, References: La littérature française contemporaine [1827- 1849!: G-LAZ!, Volume 4; p.368, Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France;.
Price: $13,000.00