Paris: Depot Topographique Militaire 1818. Case map. Engraving with outline hand coloring. Dissected and laid on linen with red silk selvedge total size 60 by 50 inches. Marbled paper slipcase with paper label and some wear. Map in very good condition with some stains library stamp below title otherwise in very good condition. St. Petersburg: Depot Topographique Militaire 1818.<br/> <br/> Official large scale map of Russia in French spurred by the invasion plans. The French invasion of Russia also known as the Russian campaign the Second Polish War and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. The War Depot was the military cartography and archives office of the French army since Louis XIV. Its role was amplified under the Revolution and the Empire. Created by Marquis de Louvois in 1688 the War Depot was responsible for collecting and preserving historical archives military memoirs plans and maps having them engraved and published. This is a good example of their work.<br/> <br/> Depot Topographique Militaire unknown
hardcover. xxiv 441pp. 8vo cloth d.w. London: Frederick Muller 1970. vg Facsimile of the London 1816 edition. Consists of the 1811 regulations with additional regulations added up to 1816.<br/> <br/> unknown
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