Here are a few links I've come across which are useful re the geography, culture and society of Paris in the seventeenth century:
The History of Paris, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7TAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=guet+royal&source=bl&ots=yL_tRxYsVc&sig=fw9T6ITqw0eP2roCkMOYHArlDRM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kFAiU76-Asy2hAfz4ICgBg&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q&f=false) The Merian map of Paris from 1615 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Merian_plan_of_Paris) Le Monde de d'Artagnan: historical fact from fiction (http://www.lemondededartagnan.fr/SITE/ENG/dartagnan.htm) Limited preview of Beneath the Cross: looks at religious tensions and war in 16th/17thc France. Some good background details. (http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Cross-Catholics-Huguenots-Sixteenth-Century/dp/0195070135#reader_0195070135) My favourite find to date: Nicholas Sanson's 1632 map of the post roads in France, pretty much the key transport system in 17thc France, and it's CLICKABLE. God, I love whoever made this. (http://www.bhpt.org/cartes/carte10118/TemplateWebPage.htm) A Sense of Place: A Treatise on Prostitution in Seventeenth-Century Paris (http://www.inha.fr/colloques/document.php?id=566) Don't judge me. Galignani's new illustrated Paris guide (1827) (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fmcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA488&lpg=PA488&dq=la+force+prison&source=bl&ots=-6VNSGmmNb&sig=pidNrITN3XFwGCGN_u28EzCuTEs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aih0UruBIcnH0QXax4HIBw&ved=0CG4Q6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false) More historical, geographical and architectural background on Paris.
This is all I have so far but I'll come back and update further if anyone finds it useful.
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Date: 2014-03-26 04:18 pm (UTC)The History of Paris, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7TAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=guet+royal&source=bl&ots=yL_tRxYsVc&sig=fw9T6ITqw0eP2roCkMOYHArlDRM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kFAiU76-Asy2hAfz4ICgBg&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q&f=false)
The Merian map of Paris from 1615 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Merian_plan_of_Paris)
Le Monde de d'Artagnan: historical fact from fiction (http://www.lemondededartagnan.fr/SITE/ENG/dartagnan.htm)
Limited preview of Beneath the Cross: looks at religious tensions and war in 16th/17thc France. Some good background details. (http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Cross-Catholics-Huguenots-Sixteenth-Century/dp/0195070135#reader_0195070135)
My favourite find to date: Nicholas Sanson's 1632 map of the post roads in France, pretty much the key transport system in 17thc France, and it's CLICKABLE. God, I love whoever made this. (http://www.bhpt.org/cartes/carte10118/TemplateWebPage.htm)
A Sense of Place: A Treatise on Prostitution in Seventeenth-Century Paris (http://www.inha.fr/colloques/document.php?id=566) Don't judge me.
Galignani's new illustrated Paris guide (1827) (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fmcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA488&lpg=PA488&dq=la+force+prison&source=bl&ots=-6VNSGmmNb&sig=pidNrITN3XFwGCGN_u28EzCuTEs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aih0UruBIcnH0QXax4HIBw&ved=0CG4Q6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false) More historical, geographical and architectural background on Paris.
This is all I have so far but I'll come back and update further if anyone finds it useful.