MOITHEY, Maurille-Antoine. [Quatre plans de quartier de Paris]. Paris, 1787-1805. Paper browned, folds browned, foxing, splits, holes. Each plan: 380 x 510 mm approx. Four district plans published by Moithey, then ingénieur géographe du roi, accompanying Roch-Henri Prévost de Saint-Lucien's "Le provincial à Paris", published between 1787 and 1805. Each plan corresponds to a volume of the book. -Notre-Dame district. Ist division Sud-Est de Paris pour servir au provincial à Paris -Saint-Germain-des-Prez district. 2nd division South-West of Paris for use by the provincial in Paris. -Quartier du Temple or du Marais. III North-East Paris division to serve provincials in Paris -Louvre or Palais Royal district. IV North-West division of Paris for use by provincials in Paris. - Boutier, Les Plans de Paris, 335.

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