Double-page map with original colour by hand, engraved by George Frederick Cruchley (1796 - 1880) for ‘Cruchley’s Improved Atlas for Schools and Families’ (as lettered to cartouche in upper border).

Sheet 455 x 365 mm, 18 x 14½ ins, mounted.

With bolder outline colour delineating international and administrative boundaries in the western Russian Empire. Shows the principal towns, rivers, and mountain ranges.