Russia in Europe.

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Steel engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. A decorative antique map which shows Russia in Europe in many details. We do find engraved place names, rivers, lakes and mountains. The map is decorated with seven finely hand colored engraved vignettes with topographcal views, costumes and customs, and general scenes: St. Petersburg, Polish Captives on their way to Siberia, an Russian Bear, Napoleon´s Flight from Moscow and an travelling sledge. The actual map was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. The illustrations were engraved by various artists: R. Radclyffe, W. Lacy, J. Rogers, J. H. Kernot, J. B. Allen, T. Fleming, H. Winkles, R. Baker after drawings by H. Warren, H. Winkles and H. Wray.