Plan de Paris à ruban indicateur : souvenir des magasins du Bon Marché, Maison A. Boucicaut, Paris, between 1878 and 1889. [between 1878 and 1889?] Plan undated, but shows Palais du Trocadéro (built 1878) and lacks Eiffel Tower (built 1889), suggesting publication between those dates. Includes drawings in each corner, with captions: Vue générale des magasins du Bon Marché; Magasins du Bon Marché, entrée rue de Sèvres; Magasins du Bon Marché, nouvelle entrée rue du Bac; Magasins du Bon Marché, écuries. Alphabetically listed streets, monuments etc. are located on the plan by means of a silk ribb
Plan de Paris à ruban indicateur : souvenir des magasins du Bon Marché, Maison A. Boucicaut, Paris, between 1878 and 1889. [between 1878 and 1889?] Plan undated, but shows Palais du Trocadéro (built 1878) and lacks Eiffel Tower (built 1889), suggesting publication between those dates. Includes drawings in each corner, with captions: Vue générale des magasins du Bon Marché; Magasins du Bon Marché, entrée rue de Sèvres; Magasins du Bon Marché, nouvelle entrée rue du Bac; Magasins du Bon Marché, écuries. Alphabetically listed streets, monuments etc. are located on the plan by means of a silk ribbon, ruled in centimeters, that pivots on a pronged metal fastener attached at the mid point of the left border. Distance from the fastener is given in centimeters, while direction is given in terms of a number from 1 to 136, as printed along the top, right, and bottom margins of plan. Letterpress index printed by Imprimerie centrale des chemins de fer, A. Chaix et Cie. Plan printed in black and red. Cover in red cloth, stamped black and gold. Scale not given.
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