File:Plan De La Ville Et Fauxbourgs De Paris Dressé sur les Observations AStronomiques de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et sur les (MAPS 114).jpg

Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor.

Outline color.

Printed along top edge: " Plan De La Ville Et Fauxbourgs De Paris Dressé sur les Observations AStronomiques de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et sur les Operationes Geom. De Guillaume Del Isle de la meme Academie A Paris chez l'Auteur Sur le Quai de l'Orloge. avec Pr. Juin 1716."

Printed in lower left corner in margin: "Derozier Sculps."

Written in ink in upper right corner: No. 32."

Depicts detailed town layout of Paris and surrounding suburban areas labeled as "Fauxbourgs" including Fauxbourg S. Honore, Fauxbourg de Richelieu, Fauxbourg Montmartre, Fauxbourg S. Lazare, Fauxbourg de S. Laurent, Fauxbourg Martin, Fauxbourg S. Denis, Fauxbourg Du Temple, Fauxbourg S. Antoine, Fauxbourg Saint Jacque, Fauxbourg Victor, Fauxbourg Marceau, Fauxbourg St. Michel, and Fauxbourg S. Germain. Laid out in grid form. Shows Prime Meridian running between E and F grid lines. Depicts major buildings, gardens, and hospitals including the Tuilleries, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Palais, the Palais Royal, the Temple, the Royal Observatory, and Hotel de Soisons. Includes a large key for streets labeled "Table Alphabetique des Rues de la Ville et Fauxbs. De Paris" in the left margin, upper right corner, lower left corner and lower right corner. Major buildings and other structures are shown in three dimensional relief.

Prime Meridian: Paris.

Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was a cartographer and the Premier Geographer to the King in France beginning in 1718. His family played a significant part in the world of French cartography in the eighteenth century. At age 9, he drew his first map and at age 27 he became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He studied under Jacques Cassini, acquiring knowledge in both mathematics and astronomy. Due to his academic background and his "critical approach to the maps of his predecessors," he became known as the first "scientific cartographer" (Moreland and Bannister, 132). Among his works are "Globe, map of the world and the four continents" (1700), "Atlas de Géographie" (1700-12), "Mississippi" (1701), "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride…" (c.a. 1703), "Carte de la Louisiane et du Mississippi" (1718) and posthumously, "Atlas Noveau…" (1730 and later). Following his death, his widow took up the business with a partner, Philippe Buache (Moreland and Bannister, 131-2; Tooley, 395). This map was most likely published in "Atlas de Geographie" (David Rumsey Cartography Associates). Source(s): David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection: Plan de la Ville et Fauxbourgs de Paris. Dressee sur les observations." Accessed 3 Mar 2009. Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983. Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.

• Subjects (LCSH): Paris (France)-Maps-Early works to 1800.