Russia.- Makhaev (Mikhail Ivanovich) Four views of Saint Petersburg, from 'Plan de la ville de St. Petersbourg', engravings, each approx. 500 x 690 mm (19 3/4 x 27 1/4 in), under glass, some toning and surface dirt, minor spotting, central vertical creases as issued, uniformly mounted and framed, [circa 1753] (4)

⁂ Views include: Prospekt starago zimiiago dvortsa s kanalom soediniaiushchim Moiku s Nevoiu [View of the old Winter Palace and the Canal that joins the Moika with the Neva]; Prospekt novopostroennikh palat protiv Anichkovskikh... [View of the new Palace near the triumphal arch of Anitschki...]; Prospekt po riek Fontankie ot Grota i Zapasnago dvortsa na Polden [View on the Fontancka River looking towards the south]; Prospekt Birzha i Gostinago dvora vverkh po maloi Nevie riekie [View of the Stock Exchange].