Département de Paris: Recueil des plans du Palais des Thuilleries & des hotels qui en dependent

One of five volumes of "Plans des maisons royales", ca. 1747-ca. 1749. These volumes of architectural plans of the French royal palaces were made for Abel Franc̜ois Poisson, the future Marquis de Marigny, brother of Mme de Pompadour, as part of his preparation for the post of Director General of the Royal Buildings. The first two volumes are devoted to Paris (Acc. Nos. 1955.11-1955.12), the third to Fontainebleau (Acc. No. 1956.31), the fourth, Versailles (Acc. No. 1956.30), and the fifth to Marly (Acc. No. 1957.19).
The present volume, the first of the two volumes relating to Paris, contains thirty-seven plans of the original total of thirty-eight. Plan 2, listed in the manuscript Table of Contents as "Plan du Louvre et des Thuilleries", is missing.