[TURGOT]. - Lot 93

[TURGOT]. Map of Paris. Commencé l'année 1734. Dessiné et gravé, sous les ordres de Messire Michel Étienne Turgot [...]. S. l. [Paris], 1739. Large folio (440 x 550 mm), red morocco, gilt serrated border framing the covers, fleur-de-lys at the corners, coat of arms in the center, ribbed spine decorated with lilies, gilt edges (period binding). FIRST ISSUE of the most famous plan of Paris, surveyed in perspective and drawn by Louis BRETEZ. It consists of a folded general assembly plan and twenty large double plates engraved by Claude LUCAS & M. AUBIN, the two plates with a large cartouche in the center bearing the title have been assembled. From the library of Count Karl de Mercy-Argenteau, with bookplate. Spine and first cover faded, with wetness at the foot and a few accidents to the binding; marginal spotting on about ten plates. COPY IN RED MOROCCO WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE CITY OF PARIS.