Antique Map 1878 Logerot Map of Paris France 1878
Buy this print on Etsy →Paris in the age of Haussmann spreads across this 1878 map of the French capital, a detailed city plan from the years when the boulevards, parks, and grand avenues of modern Paris had newly taken shape. Every arrondissement is laid out in careful order, the Seine winding through the center past its islands and bridges, the great radiating avenues fanning from the Arc de Triomphe, and the new green expanses of the Bois de Boulogne and the city's parks marked among the dense weave of streets. It is a portrait of Paris confident and complete, a capital remade for the modern era and mapped with evident pride.
City maps of the 1870s reflect the precision and pride of Third Republic cartography. Engraved with crisp, fine linework and finished with gentle color to distinguish districts, parks, and waterways, they name streets, squares, and monuments in neat type, often bordered by a decorative frame or keyed index. The style is clear and elegant, made for residents and visitors navigating a city that had become the model of nineteenth-century urban planning, its geometry the envy of capitals across Europe. Bridges, gardens, and grand public buildings all find their place in a plan as handsome as it is useful.
This is a fine-art reproduction printed on museum-grade 189gsm archival matte paper using pigment inks, chosen to render the intricate street detail and soft period coloring with clarity and depth. The matte surface gives the print the character of an antique plan, glare-free and refined, while archival inks keep the image stable for generations. It is not an original antique map, but a lasting reproduction of a classic Parisian plan. Each poster ships rolled and ready to frame, available in five sizes: 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 20x30, and 24x36 inches, ideal for anything from a small framed accent to a sweeping feature wall.
As vintage cartography wall art, this map of Paris brings sophistication and a sense of place to a living room, study, office, or entryway, and delights anyone who loves the city or remembers a journey there. Its fine detail rewards close viewing and pairs beautifully within a gallery wall of city maps and old world map prints. For the Francophile, the traveler, or the lover of history, it is an elegant and heartfelt gift for anniversaries, weddings, or the holidays. A slim black or gilt frame completes its Parisian charm.
Give it a wall where its streets can be wandered, and this antique map print keeps the geography of nineteenth-century Paris close, a graceful historical map poster of one of the world's most beloved cities. Rich in detail and steeped in romance, this antique map print and its intricate web of boulevards make a piece of old world map wall art that feels at once like a work of art, a keepsake, and an open invitation to wander Paris street by street.
