Lot Essay
Remarkable detailed plans of the town with names of owners, schools, churches, shops etc. by the compiler of the study of the maps of St Petersburg published in 1853.
![TSYLOV, Col. NIKOLAI. Atlas Goroda Tsarskago Sela [Atlas for the Town of Tsarskoe Selo with Plans of the Town and Imperial Gardens and Parks]. [St Petersburg]: 1858.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2021/CKS/2021_CKS_20061_0161_000(tsylov_col_nikolai_atlas_goroda_tsarskago_sela_atlas_for_the_town_of_t101639).jpg?w=1)
Details
TSYLOV, Col. NIKOLAI. Atlas Goroda Tsarskago Sela [Atlas for the Town of Tsarskoe Selo with Plans of the Town and Imperial Gardens and Parks]. [St Petersburg]: 1858.
4to, lithographic title, two dedications, leaf of arms and portrait and 80 hand-coloured lithographic street maps and a folding hand-coloured map (one folding map missing). Original green morocco stamped in black and lettered in gilt (slightly rubbed, hinges cracked).
4to, lithographic title, two dedications, leaf of arms and portrait and 80 hand-coloured lithographic street maps and a folding hand-coloured map (one folding map missing). Original green morocco stamped in black and lettered in gilt (slightly rubbed, hinges cracked).
Provenance
Russian presentation inscription to Grand Duchess Ol’ga Aleksandrovna from Aleksandr Orlov dated Toronto 11⁄29 June 1958 on front free endpaper.
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Margo Oganesian
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