Large map with four sheets. JAILLOT. La Généralite... Lot 195

Large map with four sheets. JAILLOT. La Généralite de Paris, divisé en ses 22 Élections. Large map (150 x 110 cm) consisting of 4 plates of 650 x 515 mm. each. Outlines in contemporary coloring. Two decorative cartouches with title and scale in Italian miles. Slight sign of humidity on the margin of two sheets. Otherwise good condition. Rare map consisting of 4 sheets creating a large unitary map depicting a vast territory known as 'la Généralité de Paris,' the largest of the administrative districts under the Ancien Regime, which covered Paris and the surrounding region. It included cities such as Compiègne and Beauvais in the north and extended south to the Nivernais region.Bernard Jaillot was a French cartographer active in the first half of the 18th century. Son of Bernard Jean Hyacinte Jaillot and grandson of Alexis Hubert Jaillot, he was part of the prestigious Jaillot family of cartographers.