May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MOSCOW.) [Kurtener, Francois.] [Plan stolichnago goroda Moskvy]. Plan de Moscou. Engraved case map depicting Moscow and its environs, in four sheets, dissected and laid on linen, with original marbled-paper wrapper and case. 1070x990 mm assembled; scattered minor soiling. [Moscow, circa 1810]

Additional Details

This is Kurtener's plan following Marchenkov's of 1789 and 1800, and it includes captions, title, and index in both French and Cyrillic Russian. In this state the imprint line has been erased. Schmidt, The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow, page 55.