Tabula Russiae - Antique map

Author: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon

Publisher: Blaeu, Joan and Blaeu Cornelis

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1634

Russia. "Tabula Russiae ex autographo, quod delineandum curavit Foedor filius Tzaris Boris desumcta; et ad fluvios Dwinam, Zuchanam, aliaque loca, quantum ex tabulis et notitiis ad nos delatis fieri potint, amplificata: ac Magno Domino, Tzari, et Magno Duci Michaeli Foedrowits omnium Russorum, Autocratori Wolodimeriae, Moscoviae et Novogardiae, Tzari Cazaniae, Tzari Astracaniae, Tzari Sibieriae, Domino Plescoviae Magno Duci Smolenscoiae, Otweriae, Iugoriae, Permiae, Wiatkiae, Bulgariae etc: Item Domino et Magno Duci Novogardiae Inferioris etc: Domino regionum Iveriae Kartalinie et Groesiniae Tzari etc: dedicata ab Hesselo Gerardo". Orig. copperplate engraving, W. J. Blaeu, 1634, after H. Gerritsz' map of Russia from 1614. Published by J. and C. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche, inset plan of Moscow ("Moscua ad Architypum Foedori Borißowitsi"), a cartouche with a view of Arkhangelsk ("Archangelsckagoroda") with three figures, and a wind rose in Caspian Sea and two ships. 43:55 cm (17 x 21 3/4 inch.).

Koeman II, Map 1800:2.2, Ed. 2:211 (1640-43 French). - A map of western part of Russia, Baltic states, Black and Caspian Sea. - In very good condition.

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