"Benevole Spectator, ut de fide hujus typi geopgraphica rite in struare, scias brevissimis, niti iftum avtographo Petropolitano, quod per Russicos Geodetas A. MDCCXXVI. descriptum primum et Petro II, Alexiewicz Imperatori et Monocratori totus Russiae a Domino Krailow Senatus Russici Supreme Secretario primario humullime dedicatum est Nostris dictum Avtographum expressum, Latino traditum, prout vides, prodit."
Decorative map showing towns and waterways, areas and boundaries hand colored. Includes inset view of the harbor of "St. Petersburg," ornamental cartouche with scale and key, and cartouche featuring god and goddesses of the sea, one holding aloft the flag of Imperial Russia.