Pierre Duval
Muscovy, or Russia in Europe, 1672
4 ½ x 5 in
11 x 13 cm
11 x 13 cm
RUS2713
£ 245.00
Moscovie ou Russie A charming miniature map of the Kingdom of Muscovy, covering most of modern-day European Russia. Published in Pierre Duval's 'Geographie Universelle', a pocket atlas composed largely...
Moscovie ou Russie
A charming miniature map of the Kingdom of Muscovy, covering most of modern-day European Russia.
Published in Pierre Duval's "Geographie Universelle", a pocket atlas composed largely of reduced versions of Nicolas Sanson's maps. Duval was Sanson's nephew and pupil, and he continued publishing Sanson maps long after his uncle's death, usually under his own imprint and with updates and modifications.
Original hand-colour. [SCAN2713]
A charming miniature map of the Kingdom of Muscovy, covering most of modern-day European Russia.
Published in Pierre Duval's "Geographie Universelle", a pocket atlas composed largely of reduced versions of Nicolas Sanson's maps. Duval was Sanson's nephew and pupil, and he continued publishing Sanson maps long after his uncle's death, usually under his own imprint and with updates and modifications.
Original hand-colour. [SCAN2713]
