107 x 58 cm, folding map punted on linen, kept inside folding marbled thick paper, entitled with label on verso, fitted in a contemporary buckram slip case, published by Ch. Piquet, Paris, 1828.

Synopsis

This map is based on several sources including the mapping of the French army and information from the works of Burckhardt, Irwin, Cormelien, Ruppell and others.
Lapie was a French cartographer and engraver. He was the father of cartographer Alexandre Emile Lapie. Lapie was a Colonel in the French army, where he worked in the corps of topographical engineers. He worked closely with his son and published works together and individually. The work of Lapie and his son is was influential on German commercial map makers in the 19th century. Works by Lapie are held in the collection of the Library of Congress