EXTENSION OF PARIS AND ITS SUBURBS. 1859. "Extract from the Map of the Département de LA SEINE, indicating the changes in territorial districts necessitated by the extension of the boundaries of Paris, deliberation of March 28, 1859 (Communes supprimés: Auteuil, Passy, Les Batignolles, Montmartre, La Chapelle, La Villette, Belleville, Charonne, Bercy, Vaugirard, Grenelle; Communes retained Neuilly, Clichy, St Ouen, Aubervilliers, Les Prés St Gervais, Pantin, Bagnolet, St Mandé, Ivry, Gentilly, Montrouge, Vanves, Issy: Communes to receive portions of territory, Boulogne, St Denis, Montreuil, Charenton). Chromolithographed map by Avril frères, 18 rue des Bernardins. Impr. Lemercier Paris (98 x 69 cm) Condition B+.

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