Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu’elle contient de plus remarquable

1717

De Beer Fb 1717 B

Paris: François Fournier

Germain Brice (c.1653-1727) wrote one of the first positive guides on Paris. His New Description of Paris, first published in French in 1684 and then translated into English in 1687, offered to lead its readers ‘directly to such Sights as they most Fancie’. This engraving depicts a section of the city from the Île de la Cité, one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine.