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ParisAndEnvirons-concanen-1870-3 $3,000.00 Title No. 8. Stannard and Son s, Perspective View of Paris and its Environs, Shewing All the Fortifications and Redoubts, Together with the Lines of Defense Recently Thrown Up, and the Roads, Rivers, and Railways Communication with the Interior.   1870 (dated)     Description Published eighteen days before the beginning of the Siege of Paris on September 17, 1870, this 1870 Alfred Concanen view of Paris and its environs details the newly constructed defensive works around the French capital. Paris itself occupies the center of the view, and the Louvre and Notre Dame are easily identifiable, along with the Arc de Triomphe, the Panthéon, and the Invalides. The city s walls encircle the entire city, spanning 20.5 miles. A series of sixteen disconnected forts, constructed to protect the city gates, surround the city. Redoubts and other fortifications were built as well to supplement the forts.

United kingdomFrance generalCity ofAlfred concanenNotre dameCatherine jane bowskillThomas wales leeEdward john concanenWilliam thomas stannardHenry herepath siebeWilliam stannardAlfred cancanenLibrary of congressUniversity of basel libraryBritish libraryEco lee