909 - Europe - Russia - Levesque, Pierre Charles. Atlas of the History of Russia and the Principal Nations of the Russian Empire. With 61 etched portrait plates and a multi-folded engraved map of Russia (57 x 124 cm). Paris, Fournier, Ferra, 1812. 2 leaves, 21 x 14 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels (slightly rubbed).

Europe - Russia - Levesque, Pierre Charles. Atlas of the History of Russia and the Principal Nations of the Russian Empire. With 61 etched portrait plates and a multi-folded engraved map of Russia (57 x 124 cm). Paris, Fournier, Ferra, 1812. 2 leaves, 21 x 14 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels (slightly rubbed). Includes portraits of prominent figures in Russian history from Rurik I to Paul I. The map, assembled from two parts and folded multiple times here, is a new edition published during Napoleon’s second Russian campaign; it has been corrected in detail (based on Laperouse) and is a reprint of P. F. Tardieu from 1787, which in turn followed other French adaptations of the map engraved in 1776 by the St. Petersburg Academy. - Slightly stained; the map has tears in the folds, some of which have been backed. *