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2 - STRAHLENBERG (Philipp Johann Tabbert von). Historical Description of the Russian Empire. Amsterdam, & Paris, published by Desaint & Saillant, 1757.
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STRAHLENBERG (Philipp Johann Tabbert von). Historical Description of the Russian Empire. Amsterdam, & Paris, published by Desaint & Saillant, 1757. 2 in-12 volumes, first edition of the French translation of the first detailed work on Russia, covering numerous aspects of the empire, including history, linguistics (notably featuring a Kalmyk and Mongolian vocabulary), natural history, geopolitics, economics, ethnography, and sociology; it was originally published in German in 1726 and in its entirety in 1730 in Stockholm. The author was a Swedish officer of German origin who was taken prisoner by Peter the Great’s army in 1709 during the Battle of Poltava in the Great Northern War and remained in Siberia from 1711 to 1721, where he notably accompanied Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt on his exploration of Siberia. Contemporary marbled full leather binding, smooth spine with decorative lettering, title and volume number labels in red morocco. Ex-libris by Nicolas Multz. (some scuffing on the bindings, damage to the top cap of the second volume, some foxing) Appraiser: ASVISIO Nicolas
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