Delisle, Joseph Nicolas. ATLAS ROSSIISKOY SOSTOYASHCHEY IZ DEVYATNATSATI SPETSIALNYKH KART PREDSTAVLYAYUSHCHIKH VSEROSSIISKYYU IMPERIYU S POGRANICHNYMI ZEMLYAMI [ATLAS OF RUSSIA, CONSISTING OF NINETEEN SPECIAL MAPS, REPRESENTING THE ALL-RUSSIAN EMPIRE WITH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES]. ST PETERSBURG: IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1745 First edition, folio (520 x 340mm.), letterpress introduction, engraved legend, folding engraved map of the whole of Russia, 19 engraved double-page maps of parts of Russia, maps outlined in contemporary hand colour (vignettes fully coloured), contemporary Russian tan morocco elaborately gilt over thick boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in cyrillic, thick board edges tooled in black, gilt edges, first two leaves with foredge cut down, map of Russia torn at fold with very slight loss, two maps shaved at foot affecting plate number, extremities slightly rubbed
Delisle, Joseph Nicolas. ATLAS ROSSIISKOY SOSTOYASHCHEY IZ DEVYATNATSATI SPETSIALNYKH KART PREDSTAVLYAYUSHCHIKH VSEROSSIISKYYU IMPERIYU S POGRANICHNYMI ZEMLYAMI [ATLAS OF RUSSIA, CONSISTING OF NINETEEN SPECIAL MAPS, REPRESENTING THE ALL-RUSSIAN EMPIRE WITH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES]. ST PETERSBURG: IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1745 First edition, folio (520 x 340mm.), letterpress introduction, engraved legend, folding engraved map of the whole of Russia, 19 engraved double-page maps of parts of Russia, maps outlined in contemporary hand colour (vignettes fully coloured), contemporary Russian tan morocco elaborately gilt over thick boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in cyrillic, thick board edges tooled in black, gilt edges, first two leaves with foredge cut down, map of Russia torn at fold with very slight loss, two maps shaved at foot affecting plate number, extremities slightly rubbed
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