Picquet Geographer King Invoice To A Bookseller 1819

PICQUET, Charles. Invoice from the ordinary geographer of the king and the Duke of Orléans to the booksellers Magimel, Anselin and Pochard. Paris, December 31, 1819. One printed sheet and completely handwritten, arms of France and Orléans engraved at the top. On the back, handwritten note: "Paid on May 13, 1820". The lower half of the sheet is missing but the invoice is complete (total and autograph signature of Picquet present at the bottom). Item #4751 Charles Picquet (1771-1827) is a cartographer famous for having completed the atlas of Adrien Hubert Brué. Geographer of Napoleon I, he subsequently remained in the service of Louis XVIII and Charles X. His clients here are the Parisian booksellers Magimel, Anselin and Pochard. Denis-Simon Magimel (1766-1831), brother-in-law of Firmin Didot who, in 1793, had given him the part of his book collection concerning military art, had joined forces in 1816 with Auguste-Edouard-Gabriel Anselin (1784-1853), one of his former apprentices, and Augustin-Marie Pochard. The invoice details purchases of books and maps, but also restoration and presentation work: - Geometric description of France by Cassini. - Map of France [for the military engineering service] drawn up by Achin. - Table of artificial geography. - Canvas covering of a Table of trade calculations. - Map of France by Brué. - Canvas covering and case for Environs de Naples. - Map of Switzerland by Keller.