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SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTAIN, Comentari della Moscovia, Venezia, 1550.

Estimate
2 500 - 3 000 EUR
26 300 - 31 600 SEK
2 630 - 3 150 USD
Hammer price
1 800 EUR
Purchasing info
SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTAIN, Comentari della Moscovia, Venezia, 1550.

Hand-coloured ex libris, parchment binding, with a map. 21,5x16 cm.

Wear due to age and use. Fritting.

More information

Regarded to be the first authentic account on Russia by a Western traveller, the 16th Century publication presents the Russian politics, geography, living conditions and religion to the reader.

The printed pages are as follows:
Cover page
6 pp text
7 pp tavola
180 pp text
2 cut pages
2 pp text
4 pp illustrations
map.
p. 14 is marked over the number 10 (and placed as p. 14)
p. 16 is marked over the number 12 (and placed as p. 16)
p. 20 is marked over the number 65 (and placed as p. 20).
p. 58-59 have rim chips