COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
L'Illustration. Journal Universel
Date:
1846
Short Title:
Boulevards de Paris.
Publisher:
L'Illustration
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
500
Note:
Panorama of 29 cm high and about 5 m long, on 5 attached sheets engraved on wood and colored by hand, wrapped around a cardboard tube, and protected by a black percaline cover with the golden title in a rocaille style frame. Grand panorama scrolling published by the newspaper L'Illustration, showing the boulevards of Paris, the Place de la Concorde instead of the Bastille, taking in the boulevards of the right bank (Madeleine, Capuchins, Italians, Montmartre, Poissonnière, Bonne-Nouvelle, Saint-Denis, Saint-Martin, Temple, Calvary-Girls, and Beaumarchais) and depicting the facades of theaters, monuments, and buildings on both sides of the roadway; the names of the transversal streets are indicated at the bottom of each half-panorama. The panorama is completed by a view of the Place de la Concorde at the beginning, and the Place de la Bastille at the end.
City:
Paris (France)
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Boulevards de Paris.
List No:
10279.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
L'Illustration. Journal Universel
Pub Date:
1846
Pub Title:
Boulevards de Paris.
Pub List No:
10279.000
Pub Type:
View
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
8
Image No:
10279002.jp2
Authors:
L'Illustration. Journal Universel
Link To Source
Boulevards de Paris.
