Russia seu Moscovia itemque Tartaria. commentario topographico atque politico illustratæ.
Category
Books
Date
1630
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3201851
Summary
Bibliographic description
327, [9] p. ; 16mo. Bird head-piece on p. 5. Annotation on upper pastedown: "The observations on Tartary are very valuable; those of the Legate, Martin Broniovius, seem to have been whollly unknown to Gibbon, see p. 243 E.D.C." Provenance: Armorial stamp on covers: quartered spade shield (birds & horses), crowned helmet, lettered C.H.A.R. Binding: Seventeenth-century vellum, sewn on five alum-tawed ties, yapp fore-edge, gilt armorial stamp on both covers. Spine lettered direct in ms: Moscovia et Tartaria Lugd. Bat. Elzevir MDCXXX. Some worm damage to fore-edge.