Descriptio totius Italiae [bound with:] Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarij . quibus Russiae ac Metropolis eius Moscoviae descriptio, Chorographicae tabulae, Religionis indicatio, Modus excipiendi & tractandi oratores, Itineraria in Moscoviam duo, & alia quaedam continentur
Published by Leandro Alberti / Sigismund Herberstein, 1567
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Seller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.Barry Lawrence Ruderman
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Herberstein on Russia (1571) with Alberti on Italy (1567).In a Handsome Elaborately Tooled Binding.With the First Modern Map of Russia.This volume includes two important early European works, both in Latin editions. Folio. Contemporary pigskin over beveled-edge wooden boards, elaborately tooled in blind, four raised bands on spine. Two leather-hinged brass closures. Some moderate wear to binding extremities. Two works bound in one. Alberti: [20], 815, [51] pages. Title vignette, woodcut initials. Early manuscript scribbling on title, and slight abrasion (printing not affected). Signatures: ([dagger]) (*) A-P Q R-3X 3Y (:) ([triangle of 4 dots]) (*) / Includes index: (?)1recto-(*)6recto. Errata leaves: 3Y3verso-3Y4recto. Herberstein: [12], 227 pages, [1 page, full-page woodcut of coat of arms], [18 pages, index], [colophon leaf]. Woodcut title vignette, 3 double-page woodcut maps, 8 woodcut illustrations (most full-page, including a bison, bull, modes of transport and riding equipment, and a portrait of Grand Duke Wasili). Several large historiated woodcut initials. Signatures: a6, [ ]6, b-u6, x4, y6. Upper fore-edge corner torn on f. o6 (pp.155-157), slightly affecting printed border. Minor unobtrusive older outline dampstaining to scattered leaves (mainly final 40 leaves or so of Herberstein), and to lesser extant in upper gutter region of the three maps of Russia. Otherwise a remarkably clean example, generally in solid very good condition. Occasional marginalia in a neat early unknown hand. Herberstein on Russia (1571) with Alberti on Italy (1567).In a Handsome Elaborately Tooled Binding.With the First Modern Map of Russia.This volume includes two important early European works, both in Latin editions: Alberti's Italy (1567) and Herberstein's Russia (1571).Herberstein's account of Moscow, first published in 1549, stands as one of the most important works concerning Russia and its ethnography written from first-hand knowledge of the country by von Herberstein, who resided there in his role as Austrian ambassador. The work includes a fine map of "Moscovia", and a bird's-eye city view of the city.Herberstein's book includes 3 maps, the first modern plan of Moscow and two maps of Muscovy, one topographical and one including physical features. In his work on the early cartography of Russia, Leo Bagrow notes:Herberstein was twice at Moscow-in 1517 and 1526. Herberstein's knowledge of a Slavonic language facilitated his intercourse with local inhabitants on his travels in Russia, and his academic education gave him a desire for knowledge of a country so little known to Western Europe. He missed no opportunity to question the people he met, not only on the customs and government of the country, but also on its geography, and particularly that of the border regions. He verified the information he collected by cross-questioning different persons on the same subject, and he also tried to obtain various written documents and records of itineraries. He attempted to procure maps too, but as these, besides being very scarce, were kept strictly secret by the authorities, he tried to persuade those whose knowledge he could trust to prepare maps for him. According to Lyatsky, who however made this statement after having left Russia, he had asked him to compile a map but met with a refusal.Herberstein does not tell us whether he succeeded in obtaining cartographic materials from any other person. But he certainly obtained plenty of oral information and some graphic material too. Thus we know that Grigoryi Istome and Vlasiy and Dmitriy Gerasimov, separately, described to him the navigation from the mouth of the North - Dvina, round Scandinavia, to Denmark. Somebody else gave him a travelling guide from the Dvina .…
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- Title
- Descriptio totius Italiae [bound with:] Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarij . quibus Russiae ac Metropolis eius Moscoviae descriptio, Chorographicae tabulae, Religionis indicatio, Modus excipiendi & tractandi oratores, Itineraria in Moscoviam duo, & alia quaedam continentur
- Author
- Leandro Alberti / Sigismund Herberstein
- Publisher
- Leandro Alberti / Sigismund Herberstein
- Publication year
- 1567
- Condition
- vg
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
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