BRUE, Adrien Hubert. - Lot 86

BRUE, Adrien Hubert. Carte physique et routière de la France, de la Suisse et de l'Italie septentrionale indiquant aussi les relais, leurs distances intermédiaires, les bureaux de poste aux lettres et les lieux d'étape du royaume de France. A Paris, chez J. Goujon , 1826. Black copper-engraved wall map (65.5 x 97 cm), canvas-backed, folded (approx. 27 x 15 cm.), in contemporary green-bronze folder and slipcase edged with gilt roulette (minor flaws to slipcase, paper very slightly oxidized). A fine copy. Revised, corrected and enlarged edition of this map, which first appeared in August 1821. Relays, roads and post offices are indicated. Two inserts offer small maps showing Corsica and roads from Rome to Naples. Copy with colored borders.