[Ptolemy's map of Sarmatia]

Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Europae VIII.

Venice, Galignani, 1596. 140 x 180mm.
Map of Western Sarmatia, now Russia, Poland and Ukraine, etc., based on the geography of Ptolemy of Alexandria, c.100 AD..
MAGI0036

[Map of eastern Belarus]

Homann Heirs.
Charte von Russisch Litauen, welche die von Polen an Russland abgetretene Woiewodschaften, Liefland, Witepsk,Mscislaw, unde einen Theil der Woiewodschasten Polock und Minsk enthalt.

Nuremburg: Homann Heirs, 1775. 570 x 465mm. Original colour. Tear in left margin.
Map of eastern Belarus, including the the counties of Vitebsk, Polotsk and Mstislavl, seized three years earlier by the Russians in the First Partitiion of Poland. Marking the Dnieper and Dwiner rivers, with the towns of Polack, Orsha & Mogilev. Over the borders are Smolensk in Russia and Kiev in Ukraine.
HOMA1035

[Map of the Black Sea]

Pierre Francois Tardieu.
Carte de la Mer Noire ou Kara Degniz.

Paris, c.1795. 340 x 450mm. Original outline colour.
Detailed map of the environs of the Black Sea.
TARD0003

[Miniature map of Romania & Bulgaria]

Abraham Ortelius.
Romania, Bulgaria, Walachia et Syrfia.

Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Romania and Bulgaria published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'.
ORTM0002

[Early map of Transylvania]

Gerard Mercator
Transylvania.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613, Latin text edition. 340 x 430mm. Original colour. Tiny skinned area on map otherwise very good.
Mercator's own map of Transylvania.
MERC0030

[Ptolemaic map of Southern Russia.]

Girolamo Ruscelli.
Tabula Asia II

Venice, Valgrisi, c.1561. 200 x 260mm.
Published in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography, this map shows Scythia, the land of the Sarmatians, a classical tribe. The Crimea and Sea of Azov are lower left, the edge of the Caspian Sea lower right, from which the Volga river runs north. The first state, with the platemark extending off the top of the sheet.
RUSC0019

[Early map of Russia]

Sebastian Munster
Moscovia.

Basle, c.1575, Italian text edition. Woodcut, image size 175 x 160, set in a page of text.
Russia, marking Moscow and Kiev in Ukraine, published in Munster's 'Cosmography'.
MUNS0030

[Ptolemy's map of Sarmatia]

Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae II.

Venice, Galignani, 1596. 140 x 180mm. Coloured.
Map of Eastern Sarmatia, now southern Russia, based on the geography of Ptolemy of Alexandria, c.100 AD.
MAGI0035

[Miniature Map of Russia]

Petrus Bertius.
Russia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. Tiny wormhole in margin.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0092

[Map of Russia]

Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Moscoviæ Imperium.

Venice, Galignani, 1620. 140 x 180mm, set in a page of text. Coloured.

MAGI0032

[Map of Russia]

Nicolas Sanson.
Russie Blanche ou Moscovie.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Russia, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0032

[Miniature map of Russia]

Robert Morden.
Moscovie or Russie.

London, c.1700. 110 x 130mm, set in text. Tear in margin top right.
Russia from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'.
MORD0035

[Map of the Caspian Sea and Jedo]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Geographica Nova... Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso.

Nuremberg, c.1720. 490 x 580. Original colour.
Two maps on one sheet both reproduced from Russian intelligence: one the left is a version of the first accurate map of the Caspian Sea; on the right a map depicting the semi-mythical island of 'Jedso' as part of the Kamchatka peninsula, with a huge unnamed island to the east. The two maps are divided by a decorative strip with allegorical figures.
HOMA0019

[Map of Southern Russia & Ukraine.]

J. Covens & C. Mortier.
Partie Meridionale de Moscovie Dressée Par G. de L'Isle.

Amsterdam, c.1730. 510 x 620mm. Original colour. Centrefold lightly toned.
Marking Moscow, Smolensk & Kiev.
COVE0002

[Map from 'the first widely published atlas of the Russian empire'.]

Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle.
Provinciarum Ustiugæ et Chlynovi Iarenscensis Vagæ Ustiugæ Soliwytschegdæ et Totmæ Delineatio Geographica

St Petersburg: Acad. Imp. Scientiarum, 1747. 485 x 560mm. Original colour.
Plate 8 from the 'Atlas Russicus', compiled by the Frenchman De L'Isle. Marked on the map are Jarensk and Totma, towns on the trade routes into Siberia. The title cartouche features a water-driven mine pump.
DELI1001

[Two-Sheet Map of Russia.]

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy.
Partie Occidentale de l'Empire de Russie...; Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie...

Paris, 1750. Two sheets, each c. 495 x 630mm. Coloured.
A large and detailed pair of maps, based on the recently-published 'Atlas Russicus' compiled by Joseph Nicholas De L'Isle.
ROBE0033

[Map of Russia]

George Louis Le Rouge.
La Moscovie.

Paris, c.1756. 285 x 220mm. Coloured.
Russia in Europe.
LERO0008

[Map of Russia]

Thomas Bowen.
An Accurate Map of the Russian Empire as contained in Europe and Asia. Drawn from the best Authorities.

London, 1778. 190 x 300mm. Coloured.
Russia, Siberia and Tartary, also showing the mythical island of 'Jeso' above Japan.
BOWE0019

[Map of Russia with Alaska as an island]

Rigobert Bonne.
Carte de L'Empire de Russie, en Europe et en Asia.

Paris, c.1780. 230 x 335mm. Coloured.
Russia, with Siberia and Tartary, engraved by André. Of interest is the unusual depiction of Alaska as an island between Asia and America.
BONN0035

[Map of Russia]

Thomas Kitchin.
Russia or Moscovy in Europe.

London, c.1780. 190 x 235mm. Coloured.
Russia east of the Don.
KITC0019

[Map of Russia]

J. Bayley.
A New Map of Russia in Europe.

London, 1782. 225 x 285mm. Original colour.
A map of Russia divided into provinces, including the Ukraine.
BAYL0001

[Moscow & Russia]

Antonio Zatta.
Governi di Moscovia e Woronez colle loro Provincie Nella Russia Europea...

Venice, 1782. 435 x 345mm. Original colour.
Map of Muscovy, from Moscow east to the Volga River.
ZATT0037

[Map of the environs of St Petersburg]

Reilly, Franz von.
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaften Riga oder las Herzog Thum Liefland...

Vienna, c.1790. 220 x 290mm.
Map of the environs of St Petersburg, with the Baltic States and Russian control, including Estonia.
REIL0015

[Map of Russia]

Andrew Bell.
Russia or Moscovy.

London, c.1800. 180 x 220mm. Coloured.
Engraved by Bell.
BELL1001

[The approaches to St Petersburg.]

John Luffman.
The Harbour of St Petersburg.

London, Luffman, 1803. 130 x 165mm. Original body colour.
An uncommon map of the approaches to St Petersburg, with Cronstadt. Published during the Napoleonic War. The colour is particularly fine.
LUFF0003

[Russia & Poland map]

John Arrowsmith.
Russia & Poland.

London, 1842. 630 x 530mm. Original colour. Split in centrefold reinforced with restorer's tape.
Map of Russia and eastern Poland. Western Poland is marked Prussia.
ARRO0010

[Russia decoated with vignettes.]

John Tallis.
Russia in Europe.

London, John Tallis and Co, c.1851. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 260 x 330mm.
Russia west of the Urals, published just prior to the Crimean War. Vignettes include a view of St Petersburg and Napoleon's Flight from Moscow.
TALL0051

[Russia Archangel]

Antonio Zatta.
Governo di Archangelo e sue Provincie Nella Russia Europea.

Venice, 1782. 430 x 350mm. Original colour.
Map of Russian Archangel with a title cartouche in full colour.
ZATT0054

[Early town plan of Moscow]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Moscovia Urbs Metropolis Totius Russiae Albae.

Cologne, 1618. 350 x 460mm. Coloured.
The second Moscow map to appear in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' atlas of town plans. The original plan had shown little more than the Kremlin; here the city has expanded considerably (Braun's text estimates the city contained over 40,000 houses), but is still enclosed by high defensive walls.
BRAU0089

[Plan of the Kremlin]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Chasteau de Cremenela.

Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map of the Kremlin, the fortress of Moscow.
MALL0031

[Early plan of Moscow]

Lasor à Varea.
Moscovia.

Padua, Lasor à Varea, 1713. 75 x 130mm, set in a page of text.
An early plan of Moscow, first published c.1600, with the buildings shown in perspective. Based on the Braun & Hogenburg map it is decorated with figures in local costume, including a mounted archer.On the verso is Magini's map of Russia.
LASO0004

[Miniature map of Novaya Zemlya]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Nouvelle Zemble.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Novaya Zemlya, with most of the east coast still uncharted. It illustrates the voyages of Dutch explorer Willem Barents in search of the North East Passage, visiting Novaya Zemlya in 1594, and again in 1596, when he rounded the northern point and wintered on the north-east coast, dying there.
MALL0113

[Miniature map of the Vaygach Strait]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Detroit de Waigats.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of the Vaygach Strait, between Vaygach Island and the mainland, through which many of the early voyagers passed in search of the North East Passage. So empty was that region of Russia the Dutch could name the mainland 'New Holland'!
MALL0114

[Miniature maps of two islands in the Vaygach Strait]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Isle des Etats ou Staten-Eyland. Isle Maurice.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
Miniature maps of two islands, either end of the Vaygach Strait, which runs between Vaygach Island and the mainland, through which many of the early voyagers passed in search of the North East Passage. Staten Island lies in the Barentz Sea, west of the Strait, Isle Maurice in the Kara Sea, to the east.
MALL0115

[Krasnoyarsk, Siberia]

Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 3]

Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
Krasnoyarsk, in northern Siberia, far inside the Arctic Circle, with part of the Taymyr Peninsula, now with a nature reserve.The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0014

[Waigatch, Siberia]

Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 5]

Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
The area around Waigatch Island, with the Karsky Straits (between Novaya Zembla and the mainland), the main route to the east. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0015

[Tomsk, Siberia]

Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 22]

Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned.
The area around the city of Tomsk in the Western Siberian Lowlands. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0016

[Irkutsk, Siberia]

Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie et de la Chine. [Sheet 32]

Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned.
The area around the city of Irkutsk, near the Russian/Mongolian border, marking the western end of Lake Baikal. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0017

[Kolyma River, Siberia]

Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 10]

Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
The mouth of the Kolyma River into the East Siberian Sea at 160º. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail.
VAND0018

[St Petersurg townplan]

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
St Petersburg.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. Steel engraving, printed area 330 x 360mm. Original colour with additions.
Detailed plan, with an inset prospect of the city.
SDUK0034

[Detailed map of the environs of Kazan from the 'Atlas Russicus']

Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle.
Casaniæ Regnum cum Adiacentibus Provinciis et Parte Fluvii Volgæ.

St. Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, c.1745. Coloured. 495 x 570mm. Split in upper centre fold.
The environs of Kazan, at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers, also marking Nizhniy Novgorod and Samara, published in the first atlas of Russia,
DELI0020

[Miniature Map of Ukraine]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Petite Tartarie.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 110mm. Coloured.
With the Crimea and Black Sea. The title cartouche features a battle between two rowboats.
MALL0072

[Dress of the Ukrainian Tartars]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Petits Tartares.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 110mm. Coloured.
Tartars of the Crimean Khanate.
MALL0075

[Miniature Map of Ukraine]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Petite Tartarie.

Frankfurt, c.1686. 170 x 120mm. Coloured. Paper toned.
A German edition of Mallet's map of Ukraine, with the Crimea and Black Sea. The title cartouche features a battle between two rowboats.
MALL0103

[Map of the Black Sea in fine original colour.]

Nicolas Sanson.
Mer Noire ou Mer Maievre.

Paris, c.1690. 180 x 245mm. Original body colour with gold highlights.
The Black Sea, with the Crimea, Southern Ukraine and northern Turkey.
SANS0023

[Map of the Black Sea and Ukraine]

Nicolas Sanson.
Mer Noire ou Mer Maievre.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
The Black Sea, with the Crimea, southern Ukraine and northern Turkey, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. An early example, before the borders were completely engraved.
SANS0034

[Crimea]

James Wyld.
The Crimea... Second Edition 26th September 1854.

London, 1854. Lithograph, 490 x 680mm. Original colour. Tear to left margin. Some slight surface soiling.
Large and detailed map of the Crimea, with insets showing the Black Sea and the defences of Sevastapol. Wyld takes great pains to point out that this is a new edition, rushed out less than two weeks after the Allies landed at the port of Eupatoria on the west coast. News of the Battle of Alma, 20th September, did not arrive early enough for the battle to be marked.
WYLD0007

[Detailed map of the Theatre of the Crimean War]

John Tallis.
The Crimea.

London, the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1861. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 260 x 330mm. A little faint staining.
The Crimea, decorated with vignette prospects of Sebastopol, Eupatoria, the Banks of the Alma and Balaklava Harbour. When the map was first published the Crimean War was still being fought: on the map is marked the undersea 'Electric Telegraph from Varna', extending to Eupatoria, another base of the Allies.
TALL0050