Cartography - Lot 401

Cartography WALLON (Paul Édouard) Guide map of the French and Spanish central Pyrenees containing the most useful information for travelers and tourists in the mountains. Based on local indications verified by maps from the Dépôt de la Guerre and Special Plans. Scale 1:237,000. Toulouse, Privat, imp. Sirven, sd. Sheet 500x740mm, printed in black with gray shaded relief, colored highlights, captions. Tiled, canvas-backed and folded to in-12 format. A rare item. This is only the second time we've presented this card in public. A "shrinkage" of the minute paper has shifted the scale from 240 to 237,000! "This map, whose orography in oblique light is tinted grey and on which the region's innumerable blue-tinted lakes are for the first time clearly highlighted, contains a host of indications that perfectly justify its title." Massie adds that it was the starting point for other large-scale maps published by Privat.