Matched pair of the northern and southern sheets of Delisle's important map of the Russian Empire. Both sheets provide great detail of the towns, roads, forests and topography. The northern map is decorated with a nice title cartouche featuring a sleigh, coat of arms, animals and a hunter. The southern sheet includes Moscow and features three distance scales. Size given is approximate for each sheet. A very attractive example of this map in its original unjoined state. If joined the map would measure approximately 24.3 x 39".

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on sturdy paper with contemporary outline color. There is a minor printer's crease at bottom on the northern sheet, and some minor spots. The first image is a composite image - the map is in two separate sheets.