List on ebay BOX 21-01-25 RUSSIA EUROPEAN RUSSIA 1833 MALTE-BRUN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP OF THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA 1833 old times rare books and maps (20100) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller US $20.50 RUSSIA EUROPEAN RUSSIA 1833 MALTE-BRUN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP Description Russie d'Europe 1833. Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual Conrad Malte-Brun's 1833 copper engraved map of European Russia. The map covers Russia from Arctic Ocean to Turkey and from Sweden to Tartary. In 1825, a few years before this map was drawn, Russian army officers, called the Decembrists, protested against Nicholas I's ascension to the throne. The Decembrists, so named because their revolt started in December, favored Nicholas's brother, Constantine, who seemed amenable to a British style constitutional monarchy. When Constantine abdicated the throne in 1825, the Decembrists refused to accept the more autocratic rule of Nicholas I. Had Constantine not abdicated and the Decembrists been successful, the bloody Bolshevik Revolution may never have occurred. Various cities, towns, rivers, lakes and other topographical details are marked, with relief shown by hachures. Boundaries are color coded according to states and districts. This map was issued as plate no. 45 in Conrad Malte-Brun's 1837 Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Universelle. Date: 1833 ( dated ) Dimension: Map size approx.: cm 45,2 x 54,4 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing and browming. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Conrad Malte-Brun (August 12, 1755 - December 14, 1826) was an important late 18th and early 19th century Danish / French cartographer and revolutionary. Conrad was born in Thisted, Denmark. His parents encouraged him to a career in the Church, but he instead enrolled in the University of Copenhagen. In the liberal hall of academia Conrad became an ardent supporter of of the French Revolution and the ideals of a free press. Despite the harsh censorship laws of crown prince Frederick VI, Malte-Brun published numerous pamphlets criticizing the Danish government. He was finally charged with defying censorship laws in 1799 and forced to flee to Sweden and ultimately France. Along with colleague Edme Mentelle, Malte-Brun published his first cartographic work, the Gйographie mathйmatique, physique et politique de toutes les parties du monde (6 vols., published between 1803 and 1807). Conrad went on to found Les Annales des Voyages (in 1807) and Les Annales des Voyages, de la Gйographie et de l'Histoire (in 1819). He also founded the Paris Sociйtй de Gйographie . In time, Conrad Malte-Brun became known as one of the finest French cartographers of his time. His son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 - July 13, 1889) followed in his footsteps, republishing many of Conrad's original 18th century maps as well as producing numerous maps of his own. The Malte-Brun firm operated well into the 1880s.