Plan Géometral de la Ville de Moscow ancienne Capitale de l'Empire de Russie

Rare and detailed city plan of the city of Moscow, with an exhaustive alphanumeric legend to the places of greatest interest. The map was published about a decade before the city was destroyed during the Napoleonic occupation. It provides, therefore, an important urbanistic representation of the old city at the height of its expansion.

It was printed as a separate publication in 1801 by Pierre Jean (Paris 1754-1829) a bookseller, publisher and dealer in prints, particularly maps. The son of a Mesnilbus plowman, in June 1784 he married the daughter of Parisian publisher and print dealer Louis-Joseph Mondhare (1734-1796). From 1784 until at least 1792 he worked in partnership with his father-in-law, whose publishing address he still retained in 1793. Although his son Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Jean (1788-1826) took over the business in August 1819, he continued working until his death (Paris, December 1829).

Etching with contemporary coloring, printed on contemporary virgin paper, numerous small oxidations, otherwise in good condition.