MEYER Johann Jakob (1787-1858) Vues pittoresques des palais et jardins impériaux aux environs de St. Petersbourg. Dessinés d'après nature par J. Meyer et lithographiées par Schultz. - St. Petersbourg: chez. Velten; Impr. Par Lemercier à Paris, [1855].

10 of 22 tinted lithographs: 1. The Court Church in Peterhof 5. The Palace at Tsarskoe Selo from the Chinese Bridge 6. The English Palace in Peterhof 8. The Palace of H.I.H. the Duke of Leuchtenberg 9. The Grand Fountain in Peterhof 13. The Court Church at Tsarskoe Selo 17. Tsaritsyn Island in Peterhof 18. The Znamenka Palace near Peterhof 19. The Alexandria Palace near Peterhof 22. The Vauxhall in Pavlovsk Captions in Russian and French. Plate: 24.5 x 35 cm. Sheet: 40 x 57 cm. All sheets in good condition. Minor rubbing and soiling, small foxing, small tears and creases along the edges of some sheets, pencil inscriptions on some sheets. Meyer’s drawings are considered among the most picturesque and accurate views of the environs of the northern capital in the first half of the 19th century. Johann Jakob Meyer (1787-1858), Swiss by origin, was one of the finest watercolourists of the 19th century. He came to Russia in 1842 and worked there for about three years.