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Moscoviter wunderbare Historien
190033016Basel: Niclaus Brillinger 1900. Reprint of the 1567 edition. 3 double-page maps 5 large woodcuts in the text. 12 246 6pp. 1 vols. Folio. Modern vellum covers a little bowed and soiled. Title-leaf repaired at inner margin and outer corner restored; final leaf likewise repaired at inner margin; text moderately darkened and occasional marginal foxing. Reprint of the 1567 edition. 3 double-page maps 5 large woodcuts in the text. 12 246 6pp. 1 vols. Folio. Facsimile reprint of the Basel 1567 edition of Herberstein's rare and early 16th-century Moscow travels from - which itself was the second edition in German of the original Latin RERUM MUSCOVITICARUM COMMENTARII Vienna 1549. Baron von Herberstein was Ambassador from Emperor Maximilian I to the Grand Prince Vasiley Ivanovic in 1517. It wasn't translated into English until 1851-1852 when it appeared as NOTES UPON RUSSIA BEING A TRANSLATION FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THAT COUNTRY . with Notes and Introduction by Richard Henry Major London Hakluyt Society 1851. One salient feature of the Basel 1567 edition is the three striking double-page maps which enhance its interest. Niclaus Brillinger unknown
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