This small plan of Paris depicts the city following the devastating floods of December 1740. The lightly shaded portions of the map - close to half the city - indicate those areas that were under water (including places like the Louvre and Notre Dame). A small table at lower right identifies 19 places on the Ile de la Cite that had to be evacuated. Published in a volume of the Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding with some minor toning and offsetting.