(Paris)   ARRONDISSEMENTS DE PARIS   (Spine title).       (Paris: ca   1860).          This detailed atlas of Paris was prepared to show the city as it stood just after its 1860 expansion from twelve to twenty arrondissements. In addition to the street system and new political boundaries, the plans were also drawn to show the extensive new street realignments proposed for the city by Baron Haussmann. Most, but not all, of these famous Haussmanian "percées" were actually carried out. The individual street plans, drawn to a scale of 1:10,000, show significant detail beyond mere street location. Existing parks, monuments, public buildings and tree-lined boulevards are all carefully drawn and identified. The extensive improvements, colored yellow and neatly superimposed over the existing streetscape, clearly demonstrate the scope and ambition of Haussmann's plans. Other maps from the period also show these proposed alterations, but the detail and care with which they are shown here are unusual. The atlas itself has no title page or printed text and appears to have been bound up specifically for an individual user or office. A separate regional map of Paris and its environs is bound at the beginning, with each of the twenty arrondissements colored in and numbered. This general map has been trimmed from a larger sheet and adapted for use here as an index plan for the atlas. A rare and useful document for anyone interested in the history of urban planning in Paris.   Folio (37.5 x 26 cm); 17 double leaves bound on stubs, each with one or two hand-colored maps (21 maps in all).            Contemporary leather spine over cloth boards; covers lightly spotted; some wear at joints; minor insect damage to front endpapers. $750.00

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