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Title: PARIS SES MONUMENTS | GUIDE PRATIQUE DU VISITEUR
- Author: A. Taride
- Date: 1950
- Condition: Excellent - removed from cover, folds as issued
- Inches: 16 7/8 x 13 1/8 [Image]
- Centimeters: 42.86 x 33.33 [Image]
- Product ID: 308546
This 1950 illustrated tourist map of Paris showcases the city's monuments, streets, river, and key districts, using detailed pictorial representations and a soft color palette to guide visitors. The map features a prominent handwritten or printed highlight tracing the location of Hôtel Mont-Thabor, directing attention from the map's edge to its exact placement in central Paris. Streets, railway stations, metro stops, and famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, and the Arc de Triomphe are clearly depicted and labeled, making it easy for tourists to orient themselves and plan their exploration. The map includes practical information, such as a legend for symbols and a publisher’s imprint, evoking the design style and touristic priorities of postwar Paris while serving as both a navigational aid and a visual souvenir of the era.
Background on Creator
Alphonse Taride, often publishing under the name A. Taride, was a prolific Paris-based map and guidebook publisher active from around 1850 to 1918, with the Taride firm continuing even after his death. He and the company specialized in producing a wide range of maps, tourist guides, travel histories, and pocket plans primarily for Paris and across France, eventually expanding their coverage to other parts of Europe and North Africa. The Taride name became particularly associated with quality roadmaps as motoring gained popularity in the early 20th century. The business, founded in 1852, was located at 18–20 boulevard Saint-Denis in Paris and was run by successive members of the Taride family for several generations. Their output included walking itineraries, metro maps, school maps, illustrations for expositions, and, from the 1890s onward, specialized motoring and cycling maps, eventually reaching a worldwide audience before gradually declining in the 1970s to focus mainly on Paris guides and maps of the world.