GUERARD DE LA BARTHE (XVIIIth-XIXth) after VIEWS OF MOSCOW: 9 plates from a series of 12 engravings after watercolours by Guérard de la Barthe published with the privilege of his Imperial Majesty Paul the First, Emperor of all the Russias, at the expense of Jean Walser, first class merchant in Moscow. Engraved by F.Lorieux, H.Guttenberg, P.Laminit, M.G.Eichler, G.Oberkoiler. View of the Yawse Bridge and the house of Mr. Chapkin in Moscow. View of the ice mountains during the carnival in Moscow View of the Kremlin and its surroundings in Moscow View of the city of Moscow taken from the right of the Imperial Palace Balcony. View of the Kremlin in Moscow taken from the Stone Bridge View of the main square and shops in Moscow View of the Holy Gate and its surroundings in Moscow View of the Moskavaïa and the house of Mr Paschkof in Moscow View of the stone bridge and its surroundings in Moscow, taken from the small wooden bridge near the Corner tower Very nice proofs on vellum with the caption in Russian and French, slightly yellowed with some freckles, stains, tears, wavy folds or other folds, breaks, slight lacks, one is glued. Small margins. Frames (precious testimonies of Moscow buildings, as the city was ravaged by fire in 1812 during the capture of Moscow by Emperor Napoleon). Size of the copperplates : 47,5 x 71 cm. Size of the leaves : 53 x 75,5 cm.