910 - Europe - Russia - Olearius, Adam. A Detailed Account of the Journey to Moscow and Persia. Undertaken on the occasion of a Holstein embassy from Gottorf to Michael Fedorovich, the Great Tsar of Moscow, and Shah Sefi, King of Persia. Now published correctly for the third and final time. With a copperplate title page, 6 portraits, 3 (2 of which are folded multiple times) copperplate maps, 20 (of 21) mostly folded copperplate plates, and 76 mostly half-page text plates. Schleswig, J. Holwein, 1663. 14 leaves, 768 (recte 766) pp., 17 leaves. — Bound with: J. A. v. Mandelslo. Description of a Journey to the Orient. Published for the second time by A. Olearius. With a copperplate title page, an engraved portrait, 1 double-sheet copperplate map, and 21 large text plates. Schleswig, J. Holwein, 1668. 9 leaves, 226 pp., 15 leaves. 32 x 20 cm. Contemporary leather with a slightly later pigskin spine, gilt edges (edges scuffed, partly worm-eaten).

Europe - Russia - Olearius, Adam. A Detailed Account of the Journey to Moscow and Persia. Undertaken on the occasion of a Holstein embassy from Gottorf to Michael Fedorovich, the Great Tsar of Moscow, and Shah Sefi, King of Persia. Now published correctly for the third and final time. With a copperplate title page, 6 portraits, 3 (2 of which are folded multiple times) copperplate maps, 20 (of 21) mostly folded copperplate plates, and 76 mostly half-page text plates. Schleswig, J. Holwein, 1663. 14 leaves, 768 (recte 766) pp., 17 leaves. — Bound with: J. A. v. Mandelslo. Description of a Journey to the Orient. Published for the second time by A. Olearius. With a copperplate title page, an engraved portrait, 1 double-sheet copperplate map, and 21 large text plates. Schleswig, J. Holwein, 1668. 9 leaves, 226 pp., 15 leaves. 32 x 20 cm. Contemporary leather with a slightly later pigskin spine, gilt edges (edges scuffed, partly worm-eaten). VD 17 23:294939V - Bruun I, 411 - Griep-Luber 1033. - Fourth edition of the famous account of the Holstein diplomatic missions to the Tsar’s court and onward through southern Russia to Persia. The content follows that of the second edition from 1656. The copperplate title page (“Expanded Account of the Journeys to Moscow and Persia”) in this copy bears the publication year 1666. “The aim of the expedition was to open a land route for North German trade with the Orient via Russia... With this account, Olearius became a pioneer of scholarly travel writing. The (substantially expanded) second edition is better known than the first edition of 1647.” (Griep-L.). - II. VD 17 23:295618N - Dünnhaupt 2993, 30.2. - Second German edition. Published posthumously by Olearius. Mandelslo’s diary of his journey to Persia and especially India “with important contributions to the ethnography of Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope.” (Dünnhaupt). Also covers—drawn by Olearius from other sources—Japan and China. Includes a map of Asia. - Overall, mostly with stock stains and some water stains. I: Illustrations partly with marginal tears, mostly backed; some extending into the image; map of Moscow trimmed on the side to just above the border; the Volga River illustration has been mounted and has gaps in the image due to wormholes; the copperplate title page and the Kom/Kashan plate have been trimmed to the border and mounted; several plates, including Isfahan, have crease marks. (II): occasional signs of worm damage in the upper inner corner; text copperplate on p. 124 misprinted; map of Asia more heavily browned. - The double-page plate of the procession is missing from (I). *