Scope and Contents
Processing Information
Arrangement
Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Publication Rights
Existence and Location of Copies
Preferred Citation
Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Maps of Paris
Identifier/Call Number: P910001
Physical Description: 152 maps
Date (inclusive): 1754-1907
Abstract: A collection of 152 printed maps of Paris and its environs, dating from 1754 to 1907. Most are hand-colored, indexed, and
many are illustrated with vignettes of famed monuments.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Scope and Contents
A collection of 152 printed maps of Paris and its environs, dating from 1754 to 1907. Most are hand-colored, indexed, and
many are illustrated
with vignettes of famed monuments. Various innovative cartographic techniques are utilized, including the "méthode Zugenbuhler,"
the "système
Acklin," and the "procédé de géomontographie Bauerkeller," a bas-relief process. Most are mounted on canvas to facilitate
folding, and many are
in original folders and/or slipcases.
The collection covers the period during which Paris was transformed from a largely medieval city into a modern metropolis
under Napoléon
Bonaparte and Napoléon III, reflecting the division of the city into 12 arrondissements, and the building of the rail system
and train stations.
Most prominent are the changes instigated by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891) for Napoléon III during the 1850s
and 60s, including the
cutting of wide, straight, arterial thoroughfares; the renovation and expansion of the system of bridges across the Seine;
the creation of the
modern water and sewer systems; the demolition and rebuilding of the Île de la Cité into an administrative and religious center;
and the
annexation of the suburbs, resulting in a total of 20 arrondissements. The map from 1873 indicates buildings and monuments
destroyed during the
Paris Commune. Included also are guides with maps for the Expositions nationales of 1844 and 1849, and Exposition universelle
of 1889.
Unless otherwise specified (i.e. "paper only"), all maps are mounted on canvas.
Processing Information
The collection was originally processed and rehoused, by Brian Parshall in 1997. Brian Parshall's original finding aid was
created in 1997. Karen
Meyer- Roux created the corresponding bibliographic records in 2015 and 2016. Laura Schroffel encoded a new finding aid from
the bibliographic
records in 2017.
Arrangement
Arranged by date and numbered 1 through 152.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired as a collection in 1991.
Publication Rights
Existence and Location of Copies
The collection was digitized in 2017 and the images are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/p910001.
Preferred Citation
Maps of Paris, 1754-1907, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no.
P910001.https://www.getty.edu/research/collections/collection/113YM3
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Commune de Paris (France : 1789-1794
Exhibitions -- Franc
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France
Paris (France) -- Map
Paris (France) -- Pictorial work
Paris Suburban Are
Prints
Maps