Born in Paris, Delagrave took over a small publishing house in 1865 that had been founded in 1839 and grew considerably under his leadership. He specialized in educational publications – which included terrain models – and published important standard works. He was also present at several world exhibitions and won gold medals with his products. As a member of the Geographical Society of Paris, he also published numerous works of its members – such as cartographic publications by Levasseur – and of the Paris Geographical Institute. In 1996, the publishing house was taken over by Flammarion.

Terrain model made by Delagrave (details on Swiss Relief Catalogue)

• Besançon and surroundings, ca. 1930

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.156.

See also: Charles Delagrave (publisher) (Wikipedia)