Copper engraving by P.A.F. Tardieu, cm 79x192. Printed from four plates conjoined. Very rare large chart of the Mediterranean Sea, based on “les déterminations astronomiques les plus recentes, sur les meilleures cartes marines et terrestres, remarques des pilotes et journaux de navigation par J.A.B. Rizzi-Zannoni Géographe de Sa Majesté Sicilienne et P. Lapie Capitaine Ingénieur Géographe Français”. Lapie writes "Cette carte fut dressée en 1804, par Rizzi-Zannoni, géographe napolitain; je la recommençais en grande partie en 1808 et depuis métant procuré de nouveaux matériaux, je refis en 1813, Le Côtes de la Guyenne, celles de Portugal, le Golfe de Gênes, l'Illyrie et une partie de la Grèce, la Mer de Marmara, quelques points de l'Asie mineure, l'île de Chypre et enfin la majeure partie des Côtes de l'Afrique." It’s most likely that Rizzi Zannoni realized the map after Fileti’s “Carta Piana del Mare Mediterraneo”published in Palermo in 1802 Very good condition even if trimmed on the platemark. Pierre M. Lapie (fl. 1779 - 1850) was French cartographer and engraver active in the early part of the 19th century. He was born at Mezieres in 1771, died in 1850; in 1814 became director of the topographical cabinet of the king, was, from 1818 he was responsible for the direction of the new topographic map of France, and had the greatest part in the execution of this magnificent work. He published a classic Atlas (1812), which was improved in several successive editions, and a Universal Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography (1828), one of the best of his era.