[Russia]. [LE CLERC (Nicolas Gabriel)]. Histoire physique, m - Lot 76

[Russia]. [LE CLERC (Nicolas Gabriel)]. Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie [Physical, moral, civil and political history of Russia] [Paris, Froullé, 1783-1794]. In-folio, havana half-basin, smooth spine (worn binding, large tear without missing pl. A3, wetness at end of volume). The only atlas illustrating Le Clerc's Histoire de la Russie ancienne et moderne. It contains 29 engraved plates, some of them folding. Among them are 11 maps and plans engraved by Tardieu, including a general map of the Russian Empire, as well as 9 city views including Oranienbaum, Novogorod, Tuer, Tobolsk, Catherinebourg, Yakutsk, Kiakta and two views of the banks of the Neva, based on drawings by Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse. The atlas also includes 4 plates of costumes representing 36 figures, 4 plates of antiquities, and 16 printed tables on Russian trade and shipping from the years 1760-70. (Brunet III, 916; Cohen, 613).