MANNERT, C. - Imperium Russicum, cum regionibus adiacentibus duabus Tabulis ex optima quae A. 1784 tribus foliis comparavit Mappa geographica, aliisque subsidiis delineatum a C. Mannert, Tabula Ima. . .

A detailed map of the European part of the Russian Empire. Very rare map. Copper etching by C. Mannert and edited by Adam Gottlieb Schneider and Johann Christoph Weigel.
Mannert maps are extremely rare. It appears that this map was never included in an atlas. Charming title cartouche in upper right corner.

Conrad Mannert (April 17, 1756 – September 27, 1834) was a German historian and engraver active in Nuremburg during the later part of the 18th century. Mannert studied classical history and geography in Nuremburg. In 1784 he took an academic position at the Sebaldusschule and in 1788 moved to the Ägidius gymnasium. Later, as he became more prominent in his filed, Mannert worked as a historian at the University of Altdorf, the University of Wurzburg, and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.¤