Recueil des plans et façades des principaux monumens construits a Saint-Pétersbourg, et dans les différentes provinces de l'empire de Russie
An 1806 architectural plate collection by Thomas de Thomon (1760-1813), printed in Saint Petersburg, recording façades and plans of major public buildings in Russia for architects and builders. The pictures are rotated engraved elevations of palaces and theatres, drawn in fine black line on cream paper, with the Grand Theatre façade and a rounded colonnaded hall among them. A designer could take their clean classical proportions, colonnade rhythms and arched window bays as a reference for formal civic architecture.
