Nouveau Plan de la ville et de la fortresse de St. Petersburg exécuté exactement d'aprés l'original qui se trouve dans les Archives de la Police

by Christoph Melchior Roth

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

An outstanding, vibrant example of one of the earliest comprehensive printed directories of St Petersburg’s streets and public edifices, produced for official use and seldom encountered on the market. A rare and authoritative cartographic survey of Catherine the Great's imperial capital, finely engraved by Württemberg-born Christoph Melchior Roth for the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. Based directly on the manuscript held in the Police Chancellery

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