[Geographical maps] DORSENNE Jean Marie Pierre Lepaige, Comt - Lot 101

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[Geographical maps] DORSENNE Jean Marie Pierre Lepaige, Comt - Lot 101
[Geographical maps] DORSENNE Jean Marie Pierre Lepaige, Comte (1773-1812). Important set of 112 geographical, topographical and military maps, canvas-backed and folded, engraved in Paris, by Charles Picquet, geographer-engraver of the Emperor, and presented in 17 cardboard boxes imitating bindings, with title and location of the maps on the backs, bearing the mention on the plate "To M. le Général de division Comte Dorsenne". These maps, drawn between 1765 and 1807, sometimes showing strong details of the relief, were intended for the General of Division, Count Dorsenne, to prepare the various battles in which he participated during the Napoleonic campaigns. - 6 boxes dedicated to Spain contain 42 maps drawn by Thomas Lopez, Spanish cartographer. - 7 boxes dedicated to the "Theatre of War in Italy" contain 50 maps by Bacler Dalbe. - 1 box dedicated to "New East Prussia" containing 17 maps by Carl Mare. - 1 box dedicated to the "Map of the Posts of Hanover": colored map by Friedrich Wilhelm Ohsen, German cartographer, printed by Simon Schropp, in Berlin in 1805 (used box). - 1 box dedicated to the "Prussian States": colored map, dated 1799, by Simon Schropp (used box). - 1 box of the "Carte d'europe": map, in colors, titled "Nouvelle Carte des routes des Postes dans les différents états de l'Europe, rédigée avec soins sur les meilleurs cartes et livres des Postes, dessinée par Jean Pongratz". Vienna, Mollo, 1805 (faded box).
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