[PARIS - BRION DE LA TOUR (Louis). - Lot 48

[PARIS - BRION DE LA TOUR (Louis). Nouveau plan de Paris avec ses augmentations Tant finies que Projetées, divisé en XII municipalités Composées chacun de 4 Divisions, formant ensemble un Arrondissement. Revu, Corrigé et Augmenté par Desnos: conformément au Grand Plan de Paris. Paris: Desnos, An 9-1800, 579x803, folded, in original cardboard with large printed label on front cover. New edition of cartographer Louis Brion de La Tour's plan of Paris, including the Seine and watercolor outlines of the 12 municipalities. It is dedicated to General Bonaparte. It includes a title with an attractive engraved and colored allegorical frame, street references on the edges, and a cartouche depicting the suburbs of Paris. This edition also includes the following items, added at the head and clearly mentioned on the label affixed to the first cover: - a color map of France, 265x 191, "Divided into 103 Departments with their Head-places Sanctioned by the Legislative Body" published by Desnos, - a colored map of Versailles, corrected in 1770, also published by Desnos, 188x272, - a colored map "de la République Française, Considérée dans l'étendue de son Commerce Intérieur, avec le Cours des Rivières Navigables et les Principales Routes", 189x254, - a "Carte Odographique, ou Tableau des Distances des Principales Villes de la République à la Capitale avec les Provinces dont elles dépendent et le Nombre des Postes relatives à Paris comme Centre", by Rizzi Zannoni, in color, 192x268, - a "Carte Odographique De toutes les Routes les plus fréquentées de Paris à toutes les Capitales, Ports de Mer et autres Villes Commerçantes de l'Europe, &c.", by Louis-Charles Desnos, in color, 191x268, - a color map of the environs of Paris, published by Desnos, here pasted on laid paper, 186x228. These six additions are from earlier editions. Used rubbing to edges of boards.