Richard Nicholson
Paris

8398 Brie, Jan Jansson, 1647. Price: 90.00

LE PAIS DE BRIE. A good engraved map including Paris and Brie lying to the south of the city. Decorative title and scale cartouches with putti. 19 x 15 inches, 495 x 390 mm. Dutch text on verso. Uncoloured. Slit at the bottom of the centre fold, otherwise good.

Early 19th century
28785 Merging of the Seine and Marne River, Nicolas Sesmorest, 1827. Price: 30.00

PLAN DU CONFLUENT DE LA MARNE. An interesting engraved map showing Paris and the outskirts where the River Seine and the River Marne converge. Title panel with scale. 13 x 9 1/4 inches. Uncoloued. Good condition.

From Atlas encyclopedique contenant les cartes et les planches relatives a la geographie physique. Par M. Desmarest, de l'Academie des Sciences; et par M. le Colonel Bory de St.-Vincent ... A Paris, Chez Mme. veuve Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue des Poitevins, no. 6. M.DCCCXXVII
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91416 The Marly Machine, Nicolas de Fer, 1705. Price: 40.00

LA MACHINE. A good early 18th century print of this remarkable machine designed by the Walloon carpenter Renkin Sualem to lift water from the Seine for its journey to Versailles to fill the ponds and work the fountains. Completed in 1688. 13 x 8 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Separate page of descriptive French text.
From L'Atlas Curieux.