German populations in Ukraine and Russia

Author

Title

Atlas der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen [sic] in Russland.

Published, Date

Kaiserl. Akad. der Wissenschaften, St Petersburg,1855.

Description

Oblong folio (46 x 54 cm). Title and contents printed on upper blue wrappers, V pp. notes and tables, five lithograph maps hand-coloured in outline and numbered; only half of lower wrapper present, occasional light marginal dampstaining and spotting, vertical fold in the middle.

Note

Unusual atlas of the celebrated German communities of the Russian empire - 'Nemtsiy' [German] possibly coming from 'nemyy' [mute] because these communities would speak only German, and hence not Russian with natives... The atlas shows a general map, and more detailed maps of the regions of St. Petersburg, Saratov and Samara, and southern Ukraine (Odessa to Crimea). Uncommon: apparently no copy in the New York Public Library nor the Library of Congress, only one copy in the UK public institutions (BL) and two in Germany's (Berlin and Halle).

References

Stock Number

83688