(2), [46] plates, 72 pp. Small folio measuring 23cm x 33.5cm. Contemporary half maroon morocco over paper-covered boards . Wear to spine with burn marks and boards rubbed & worn. Internally all maps in very good and clean condition. Kiev bookseller's label to front pastedown 'Chez Lenoir Libraire.' 72-page gazetteer at rear. Engraved double-page title. Large folding general map which has a small split to the cental fold, and forty-five double-page engraved regional maps. Plates complete. Hand-colouring. Printed on blue paper. All within decorative borders by Desnos. OCLC records just three copies of this edition; BNF, BNUS Strasbourg, & SBB-PK Berlin. The 1795 edition is at Oxford, NYPL, Leiden, Munich, BNF and ULB Darmstadt. Very scarce, I've been unable to find a copy of either edition selling through the book auction records. Title: Atlas General et Elementaire de l'Empire de Toutes les Russies : Divise en Quarante Deux Gouvernemens avec Deux Supplements et une Province la Tauride, Ouvrage Fait d'apres les Observations de l'Academie de St. Petersbourg ... Author Name: [ N. Ancelin ] Location Published: Moscou, N.p. [Ancelin et le Grand] 1801: 1801 Binding: Original Boards Book Condition: Good Size: Small Folio Categories: Travel, Maps and Atlases, Firsts Book Fair Book number: 62282 Keywords: atlas, maps, russia
