France – Paris – folding map – indicator map

Boucicaut, Aristide Guide Illustre du Bon Marche. L’Exposition et Paris au Vingtieme Siecle. Plan de Paris des Magasins du Bon Marche.

Paul Brodard Paris 1900

colour printed folding map; overall 53 x 69 cm; folds as issued; very thin paper; discolouration; some tears in crossfolds; some minor marginal tears, two repaired with archival paper tape; o/w vg cond. small 4to, red cloth binding; some wear and tear; o/w g cond. red cloth indicator tape, crumpled, with rusty clasp; o/w g cond.

A very detailed guide to Paris, printed for the World Exhibition of 1900 on behalf of the department store chain Bon Marche. The book includes a detailed description of all the exhibiting countries as well as a concise overview of all the Parisian arrondissements. Illustrated throughout, 9 mostly colour printed maps, 382 pp.

In back, a large folded map of Paris with indicator tape and illustrations of two Bon Marche stores. In the back of the book, is an index explaining how to use the indicator tape which is numbered; there are numbers around three sides of the map with corresponding numbers.