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1874 Tardieu Map of European Russia
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Title
Russie d'Europe.
1874 (undated) 19 x 14.5 in (48.26 x 36.83 cm) 1 : 10000000
1874 (undated) 19 x 14.5 in (48.26 x 36.83 cm) 1 : 10000000
Description
This is a fine 1874 map of European Russia by Ambroise Tardieu. It covers from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea and from the Baltic Sea east to the Ural Mountains. Tardieu identifies various cities, roads, rivers, mountain passes and other topographical features.
Russia at this time was under the suzerainty of Tzar Alexander II. Alexander is best known for his liberal reforms including the emancipation Reform of 1861 which liberated Russia's countless serfs and is considered to be one of the most important events in 19th century Russian history.
This map was prepared by Ambroise Tardieu and issued as plate 15 in his 1874 edition of Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne.
Russia at this time was under the suzerainty of Tzar Alexander II. Alexander is best known for his liberal reforms including the emancipation Reform of 1861 which liberated Russia's countless serfs and is considered to be one of the most important events in 19th century Russian history.
This map was prepared by Ambroise Tardieu and issued as plate 15 in his 1874 edition of Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne.
CartographerS
Ambroise Tardieu (March 2, 1788 - January 17, 1841) was a prominent French cartographer and engraver operating in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was member of the large and prolific Tardieu family, which, for over 200 years, produced multiple skilled and active engravers. Tardieu's work is known for its beauty and accuracy as well as for its depth of detail. Tardieu's most important work is his version of John Arrowsmith's large format map of the United States, published in 1806. Ambroise Tardieu is eclipsed in fame by his son, artist and medical scholar, August Ambroise Tardieu. Ambroise Tardieu is also frequently confused with Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, another unrelated French map and print engraver active in the early 19th century. More by this mapmaker...
Alexandre Aimé Vuillemin (1812 - 1880) was an engraver, publisher, and editor based in Paris, France in the middle of the 19th century. Despite a prolific publishing career, much of Vuillemin's life is shrouded in mystery. In 1852, he married Josephine Caroline Goret and they had at least one child, Ernestine Adèle Vuillemin, later in the same year. What is known is that his studied under the prominent French Auguste Henri Dufour (1798 - 1865). Vuillemin's most important work his detailed, highly decorative large format Atlas Illustre de Geographie Commerciale et Industrielle. Learn More...
Source
Furne, Jouvet et Cie Atlas Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne (Paris), 1874.
Condition
Very good. Minor wear along original centerfold. Original platemark visible. Minor spotting.
References
Rumsey 4697.019 (1863 edition).