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Rapport sur la marche et les effets du choléra-morbus

dans Paris et les communes rurales du départment de la Seine.

PICQUET, Charles and CHATEÂUNEUF, Louis-François Benoiston de
Paris,
Imprimerie Royale,
1834
Marbled covers, brown leather spine in six segments separated by raised bands, title in gilt, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, five ribbon markers in green, red and black, 51 maps, seven folding.
265 by 210mm. (10.5 by 8.25 inches).
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This report on the 1832 cholera outbreak in Paris contains the first documented geospatial information system: a map of Paris by Charles Picquet (1771-1827), in which the city is divided into 48 districts represented by colour gradient according to the percentage of deaths from cholera per 1000 inhabitants in each. This groundbreaking piece of cartography would not only change the way statistics were used and alter the urban landscape of Paris, but also contribute to the di...

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