Moscovie dite autrement Grande et Blanche Russie

Etching on copper with colored borders.

Image dimension: 40x50.8 cm.

Unusual map of European Russia extending from the Gulf of Finland south to just before the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

It includes Finland, Poland and the Baltics.

Moscow is located at the bottom center, with topography and cities pictorially indicated. Only the western coast of Novaya Zemlya is shown.

First edition before the date and the coastline of Siberia, here still blank, features present in the updated edition of 1677.

Intact sheet with margins as original. Vertical binding fold in the center open at the bottom for a short stretch and with residue of codpiece on the back. Very slight yellowing at the ends.