PARTIE SEPTENTRIONALE de la RUSSIE EUROPEENNE. [Original copper engraved map, 1778] - Vaugondy (de) Robert, Dussy E

Antique original copper engraved map, with original hand colored outline. Overall size: 290x395 mm., engraving size: 335x250 mm ca., comes from the "Nouvel Atlas Portatif pour la jeunesse, d'après La Géographie Moderne de feu l'Abbé Delacroix" (joined photocopy of the title page). Texts in french. The cartouches on the maps are engraved by Arrivet. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723-1786), were leading cartographers in France during the 18th century. Fold as issued; some browning and faint foxing. In good condition.