Tardieu, P.F. Carte generale de l’empire de Russie 1787. (General map of Russia). Paris, Maradan, 1787. 56 x 117,5 cm Two sheets joined together, several times folded. No binding. Partly worn at the margins, partly stronger bended, but still an impressive large format map.

Tardieu 1711-1771 was a french engraver, also well known for his engravings after La Fontaine.
The map shows Russia from the Polish border until Alaska on behalf of the St. Petersburg Academy.
printed for Pallas’s ‘Voyages en différentes provinces de l’Empire de Russie, et dans l’Asie septentrionale’, which was published first in Russian in 1771-76.

• Category: Graphik – Karten – Welt
• Keywords: Karten · Russische Geographie
• Language: Französisch / Francais
• Order Number: 18210CB

Our Price: EUR 480,--