BIB_ID
432503
Accession number
MA 23398
Display Date
France, 1758.
Credit line
Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
Description
1 item (5 pages, 45 folded maps), bound : color maps ; 20.5 x 24 cm
Notes
Title from title page.
Title with decorative black ink and wash frame, signed at bottom with an illegible signature and dated "1757".
With 45 numbered maps, drawn on recto and verso of individual horizontal sheets which have been folded and bound at center.
Title with decorative black ink and wash frame, signed at bottom with an illegible signature and dated "1757".
With 45 numbered maps, drawn on recto and verso of individual horizontal sheets which have been folded and bound at center.
Provenance
Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
Summary
Title-page, alphabetical list of places, and map legend, followed by a series of 45 numbered manuscript double-spread maps executed in color in pen and ink and wash illustrating the route from Paris to Gravelines and passing through St-Denis, Luzarches, Chantilly, Clermont, Fitzjames, Amiens, Abbeville, Boulogne, and Gravelines; leagues of 2,400 toises (old measure of Iength, 6 feet, almost 2 meters) beginning from the courtyard of the Paris Palace are marked along the route; with notes recording the post divisions (relays), roads, and noteworthy sights and structures.
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