Plan of St. Petersburg with illustrations of the city's most impressive views (Still Image)
Title:
Plan of St. Petersburg with illustrations of the city's most impressive views
Plan de la ville de St. Petersbourg avec ses principales vües
Description:
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.
Creator:
Imperial Academy of Sciences
Valeriani, Giuseppe.
Makhaev, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1718-1770.
Sokolov, Ivan Aleksi︠e︡evich, 1717-1757.
Treskot, Johann, 1719-1786.
Source:
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.
Publisher:
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division (go to the record)
Date:
1753
Format:
1 atlas ([4], 6 p., [30] plates) : 2 maps, 13 views (some folded) 52 cm.
Language:
Russian, French