Tableau historique et géographique de l'Empire de Russie. Par Henri Duval, Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur; Professeur d'Histoire, de Géographie, de Belles-Lettres, etc., etc. Gravé par Laguillermie. Delloye, Libraire, Place de la Bourse, No 13. Tous les Exemplaires ont le Timbre de l'Auteur. Imprimerie de Terzuolo, Successeur de M. Plassan, Rue de Vaugirard, No 11.

• Main Authors: Duval, Henri (Henri Louis Nicolas), 1783-1854, Laguillermie, active 1830-1854
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Terzuolo 1839
• Subjects: Historical; Political; North Pole
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Engraved, hand-colored map of the Russian Empire in Europe, Asia and North America, as well as vicinity (including the Arctic), showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the Russian Empire. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Accompanied by descriptive text in tables within margins. Tables are color-coded in association with each region shown, such as yellow for North America. Also features broader texts on the entire area shown: Précis historique [= Historical background], "Généalogie" [= Genealogy], "Presonnages célèbres" [= Famous people], and a chronology, spanning from 430 "Kiev, fondée par le prince de Kii" [= Kiev, founded by the Prince of Kii], to 1837 "Incendie du palais impérial" [= Burning of the Imperial Palace]. Additionally, provides information on colonies, population, religions, economy, climate, mountains and rivers, etc. With addresses in top corners: L'Auteur, Rue des Martyrs, no 23, Chaussée-d'Antin -- Adopté pour les maisons Royles d'Éducation de la Légion-d'Honneur. Map is 15 x 26 cm, on sheet 42 x 61 cm. In second section: Histoire et géographie modernes [= Modern history and geography]. Henri Duval’s scientific world atlas, Atlas universel des sciences, published in Paris in 1839. Title translates to: Universal atlas of sciences. Bound in pinkish board with a vellum spine. Authorship and title gilded on spine. Collation: [8] pages, 50 double leaves of plates. Contains 33 engraved, hand-colored maps, as well as 11 engraved views (7 in color; 4 in black and white). Geographic coverage extends to the entire globe, with one world map and others representing the Eastern Hemisphere, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and the North Pole. Also features Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Papal States, the Holy Land, the Middle East, the Empire of the Caliphs, the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. Maps show political boundaries, topography, rivers, coastlines, and ...