Cartes des regences d’Alger et du Tunis dressee par les Colonel Lapie.

Cartes des regences d’Alger et du Tunis dressee par les Colonel Lapie.

£250
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Cartes des regences d’Alger et du Tunis dressee par les Colonel Lapie.

Cartes des regences d’Alger et du Tunis dressee par les Colonel Lapie.

£250

ID #32597

Lapie, Chevalier Pierre.

Engraved folding map, 107 x 77 cm, mounted on linen, entitled on label in verso, kept in a marbled thick paper, fitted in a marbled paper slipcase, title gilt on spine, published by Piquet Fils, Paris, 1846.

Lapi (1779-1850) 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.

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