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Receipt for a map of Russia supplied to the Imperial Guard
 Reçu pour une carte de la Russie a fourni à la Garde Impériale

Receipt for a map of Russia supplied to the Imperial Guard

1812
Receipt for a map and supplied to the Imperial Guard in March 1812.

Published by Charles Picquet, (1771-1827) geographer, engraver and publisher active in Paris at Quai de la Monnaie 17. He was offical geographer to Napoleon and his brother Louis with the title Géographe Graveur du Cabinet topographique de S.M. L'Empereur et Roi, et de S.M. le Roi de Hollande. He was also the distributor of maps for the Depot de la Guerre as well as the seller of a number of other maps and atlases published abroad.