Carte des routes de postes de l'Empire Français, du Royaume d'Italie et de la Confédération du Rhin [map] / dressée par ordre du Conseil d'Administration des Postes et Relais ; gravée par P.A.F. Tardieu, graveur des Postes Impériales ; dressée et dessinée par P. Tardieu fils ; écrit par J.J. Pachoux.

Author
Tardieu, P. F. (Pierre François), 1757-1822 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
French
Published/​Created
Paris : Chles. Picquet, 1814.
Description
  • Scale [ca. 2,250,000]. (W 18°00ʹ00ʺ--E 36°30ʹ00ʺ/N 57°54ʹ00ʺ--N 34°10ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map on 4 sheets : dissected and mounted on linen ; 114 x 161 cm., sheets 62 x 84 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Mapseller
Former owner
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • No relief shown.
  • Publisher and place of publication from labels pasted on versos.
  • Historic Maps copy has label on verso: J. Goujon, marchand de cartes, Rue du Bac, no. 6, à Paris.
  • Map includes data showing postal routes with number of hours required to cover distances between locations.
  • Earlier editions are Paris, 1811 and Paris, 1813.
Contents
Feuille 1ere: northwestern section of France, with southern part of Scotland, England and Ireland; Feuille 2eme: central Europe, northwestern Russia; Feuille 3eme: Spain, southeastern France; Feuille 4eme: Italy, Greece, and eastern Europe.
Provenance
Historic Maps copy inscribed on verso: Conte Moretti.
OCLC
316382056
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