Paris: Delamarque, C.F. 1797.

(Carte generale de l`Empire des Russes en Europe et en Asie, dresse d`apres les cartes de l`Atlas Russien) Plates 15 and 16 of Robert De Vaugondy’s Atlas D’Étude Pour L’Instruction de la Jeunesse, or Educational Atlas for the Instruction of the Young. After publishing their famous Atlas Universel in 1757, Giles Robert de Vaugondy and his son Didier Robert de Vaugondy became some of the most famous mapmakers in France. They published several study Atlases, the 1797 being the earliest. These two plates combine to form the Russian Empire, undated. The first is the “European” portion, from the Baltic and Black Seas in the west to Novaya Zemlya (Nouvelle Zemble) in the east. This portion also has a decorative cartouche in the top left corner, with the double-headed eagle, long Russia’s national symbol taken from the Byzantine Empire, on top. The second plate continues east to the Pacific, Kamchatka, and the Bering Sea. Japan is noticeably erroneous exhibiting the very early exploration of the northern Pacific. All information in French. In both plates the regions’ outlines are hand colored. Both double folio, 26” x 19 ½” to neatlines, 30 ½” x 22” to margins. The maps show scattered soiling especially around the margins, most notably symmetrical stains to the bottom corners extending about 6” from the corners but not affecting the plates themselves. Overall in very good condition.

ISBN: none.

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