Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu’elle contient de plus remarquable

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Date

1717

Identifier

De Beer Fb 1717 B

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Publisher

Paris: François Fournier

Abstract

Germain Brice (c.1653-1727) wrote one of the first positive guides on Paris. His New Description of Paris, first published in French in 1684 and then translated into English in 1687, offered to lead its readers ‘directly to such Sights as they most Fancie’. This engraving depicts a section of the city from the Île de la Cité, one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine.

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Citation

Germain Brice, “Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu’elle contient de plus remarquable,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 22, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/10633.