Old map of Moscow, Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg.
Created by Imperatorskai︠a︡ Akademīi︠a︡ Naukʺ I Khudozhestvʺ (Russia), Mikhail Ivanovich Makhaev, Ivan Fedorovich Michurin, Ivanʺ Aleksi︠e︡evich Sokolovʺ, Johann Treskot, Giuseppe Valeriani in 1753.
- "Planʺ Imperatorskago stolichnago goroda Moskvy, sochinennoĭ podʺ smotrenīemʺ arkhitektora Ivana Michurina vʺ 1739 godu," map at end. [Plan/map of the Imperial capital city of Moscow, prepared under the supervision of the architect Ivan Michurin in 1739.]
- List of buildings, etc. in Russian, romanized Russian, and French; list of streets in Russian and romanized Russian; legends on St. Petersburg map (1737) in Russian and German, on Moscow map in Russian.
- Most of the plates are signed: "Podsmotr. g. Valerīiani, snimalʺ podmasterʹi︠a︡ Mikhaĭla Makhaevʺ." Engraved by various engravers under supervision of Ivan Sokolov.
- English translation of French map captions: 1. Map of St. Petersburg from 1737 -- 2. View of the Neva towards the East between the shipyards and the 13th line of the Wasily section -- 3. View of the banks of the Neva showing the river between the Admiralty and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences -- 4. View of the banks of the Neva downriver between the Winter Palace and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences -- 5. View of the Neva towards the West between the Church of St. Isaac and the buildings of the Cadet Corps -- 6. View of the Fontancka River towards the south between the grotto and the court's storehouses -- 7. View of the Admiralty and its surroundings looking west from the triumphal arch --
- 8. View of a part of the town of St. Petersburg looking east from the triumphal arch -- 9. View of the Bourse and the commodities market while ascending from the little Neva -- 10. View of the buildings of the Imperial Colleges and a part of the commodities market toward the east -- 11. View of the New Palace from the triumphal arch of Anitschki toward the east with a part of the town and Nevsky Prospect close to the shore of the Fontanka -- 12. View of the Summer Palace from the north shore -- 13. View of the Old Winter Palace and the canal that joins the Moika and the Neva -- 14. View of Kamennoy Island on the little Newka near the St. Petersburg residence of the Countess Bestoucheff Rumin -- 15. Map of Moscow from 1739.
- Accompanied by Supplement: Stolichnoĭ gorodʹ. S. Peterburgʺ. Chertilʺ Ī. Truskotʺ. Podsmotr. Iv. Sokolova grid. khudozhniki obshche. [Vʹ Sanktpeterburgi︠e︡, 1753]. Map 135 x 100 cm. folded to 75 x 52 cm. (in portfolio). Scale not given. Issued in 9 sheets, mounted on muslin to fold. Call number: G2114.L4 A3 1753 Suppl.
- Includes index.
- Eighteenth century Russian publications in the Library of Congress (Fessenko), 11*
- "Планъ Императорскаго столичнаго города Москвы, сочиненной подъ смотреніемъ архитектора Ивана Мичурина въ 1739 году," map at end. [Plan/map of the Imperial capital city of Moscow, prepared under the supervision of the architect Ivan Michurin in 1739.]
- Most of the plates are signed: "Подсмотр. г. Валеріиани, снималъ подмастерья Михайла Махаевъ." Engraved by various engravers under supervision of Иван Соколов.
- Accompanied by Supplement: Столичной городь. С. Петербургъ. Чертилъ І. Трускотъ. Подсмотр. Ив. Соколова грид. художники обще. [Вь Санктпетербургѣ, 1753]. Map 135 x 100 cm. folded to 75 x 52 cm. (in portfolio). Scale not given. Issued in 9 sheets, mounted on muslin to fold. Call number: G2114.L4 A3 1753 Suppl.