The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors Sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia...Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia. and Other Adjacent Countries. Whereto are Added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo from Persia into the East-Indies (The Second Edition Corrected)
London: John Starkey, and Thomas Basset; St. Dunstans Curch in Fleet-Street, 1669. 2nd edition. HARDCOVER. Tall folio edition, beautifully bound in marbled paper boards over darkened brown leather spine and hinges, raised bands and embossed emblem alternate along spine, maroon leather title block with gilt lettering, gilt date at bottom spine, fresh endpapers. Lacks frontispiece yet text is complete. Title page, Natolia map and last 2 pages well repaired and laid down. 2 portraits present. Includes 4 of 6 maps: Natolia, Leifland, Kilan, and East Indies. Scattered penmenship to top title edges and a few margins, mostly repeating printed text in what looks to be practice strokes with a quill, a few doodles and number sequences to pg.84 of "Muscovy and Persia" section. All text remains legible. Notes from c.1813 inked to rear of East Indies map; more modern looking cursive name in pencil to rear of Natolia map. Minor edge wear. Tight binding. Marbled boards and leather spine very clean. Very Good. Item #130090
Price: $2,500.00