Opisanie vsekh obitaiushchikh v rossiiskom gosudarstve narodov: Ikh zhiteiskikh obriadov, obyknovenii, odezhd, zhilishch, uprazhnenii, zabav, vieroispoviedanii i drugikh dostopamiatnostei (Sanktpeterburg: pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk: Izhdiveniem knigoprodavtsa Ivana Glazunova, 1799)
Finnish peasant woman (Chukhonka) in festive attire
Cheremis (Mari) in summer dress (from the front)
Samoyed woman and child in summer attire
DRHMC Note: Composite of 9 sheet maps. Shows buildings, fields, etc. Includes illustrated cartouche with illustration of and dedication to the Empress Elizabeth. Oriented with north toward lower left.
Plan of St. Petersburg with Illustrations of Her Well-Known Views produced by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg: 1753.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (online repository)
Plan of St. Petersburg with illustrations of the city's most impressive views
Plan de la ville de St. Petersbourg avec ses principales vües
English translation of French map captions (from Library of Congress): 1. Map of St. Petersburg from 1737 -- 2. View of the Neva towards the East between the shipyards and the 13th line of the Wasily section -- 3. View of the banks of the Neva showing the river between the Admiralty and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences -- 4. View of the banks of the Neva downriver between the Winter Palace and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences -- 5. View of the Neva towards the West between the Church of St. Isaac and the buildings of the Cadet Corps -- 6. View of the Fontancka River towards the south between the grotto and the court's storehouses -- 7. View of the Admiralty and its surroundings looking west from the triumphal arch -- 8. View of a part of the town of St. Petersburg looking east from the triumphal arch -- 9. View of the Bourse and the commodities market while ascending from the little Neva -- 10. View of the buildings of the Imperial Colleges and a part of the commodities market toward the east -- 11. View of the New Palace from the triumphal arch of Anitschki toward the east with a part of the town and Nevsky Prospect close to the shore of the Fontanka -- 12. View of the Summer Palace from the north shore -- 13. View of the Old Winter Palace and the canal that joins the Moika and the Neva -- 14. View of Kamennoy Island on the little Newka near the St. Petersburg residence of the Countess Bestoucheff Rumin -- 15. Map of Moscow from 1739.
Imperial Academy of Sciences Valeriani, Giuseppe. Makhaev, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1718-1770. Sokolov, Ivan Aleksi︠e︡evich, 1717-1757. Treskot, Johann, 1719-1786.
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division (go to the record)
1 atlas ([4], 6 p., [30] plates) : 2 maps, 13 views (some folded) 52 cm.
Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)
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