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69 - [MAP - ÎLE-DE-FRANCE & PICARDY] DENIS, Louis. *Le Conducteur Français*, containing the routes served by the new stagecoaches, courier services, and other public vehicles. Route from Paris to Soissons.
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[MAP - ÎLE-DE-FRANCE & PICARDY] DENIS, Louis. *Le Conducteur Français*, containing the routes served by the new stagecoaches, courier services, and other public vehicles. Route from Paris to Soissons. A fine copy on laid paper of this comprehensive road guide, featuring its mounted fold-out topographic map. Paris, Published by Sorin, 1778. In-8 (200 × 125 mm), green paper Bradel binding, smooth spine with a longitudinal title label reading “Paris to Soissons.” 2 blank folios and 70 pages. Large, mounted, fold-out general map. Normal wear and tear on the binding, some foxing. Louis Denis (1725–1794), geographer to the King and engraver, was a pioneer of the modern travel guide. Specializing in road mapping, he remains famous for *Le Conducteur Français*, published from 1776 to 1780, which cataloged stagecoach routes throughout the kingdom. The volume is particularly notable for its large, finely enhanced map of the Paris-Soissons route. Two maps of France (including one by Desnos) as well as a table of distances between the kingdom’s major cities have been mounted on the front endpaper and its flyleaf, while a watercolor double-hemisphere world map occupies the lower endpaper and its flyleaf. A well-preserved copy.
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Rare and valuable books from the 16th to the 20th centuries (manuscripts, curiosities, Art Deco-illustrated books, the André Maurois collection, etc.).Auction house
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