[To the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia ... Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo ... from Persia, into the East-Indies] .[London: for Thomas Dring, and John Starkey, 1662]. First edition in English, folio (27.6 x 17.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined, browning, frontispiece and title-page absent, 3 engraved portraits ('Michael Federowitz Great Duke of Moscovie', with small marginal tear, old pencil marks; 'Shach Sefi King of Persia'; 'The Lively Portraict of the Great Mogol'), 7 engraved folding maps, of which 2 ('The Course of the Great River Wolga' and 'A New Map of Persia') both substantially torn away, 'A New Map of Liefland' closely trimmed, 'A New Map of Muscovy' with worming to top margin not affecting image, verso with various naive early sketches (two human faces, a partridge and a cat) and old repair to closed tear, 'A Map of ye Province of Kilan' slightly friable along top and bottom edges, closely trimmed along top, 'A Map of the East Indies' with old repair to verso of central fold, closely trimmed and slightly nicked and rumpled along fore edge, early naive sketches verso, 'An Exact of Mapp of China' rumpled, small holes to intersections of folds, small hole in frame along inner edge, text-leaves with a few spill-burns and closed tears [ESTC R21580; Wing O269]
[To the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia ... Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo ... from Persia, into the East-Indies] .[London: for Thomas Dring, and John Starkey, 1662]. First edition in English, folio (27.6 x 17.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined, browning, frontispiece and title-page absent, 3 engraved portraits ('Michael Federowitz Great Duke of Moscovie', with small marginal tear, old pencil marks; 'Shach Sefi King of Persia'; 'The Lively Portraict of the Great Mogol'), 7 engraved folding maps, of which 2 ('The Course of the Great River Wolga' and 'A New Map of Persia') both substantially torn away, 'A New Map of Liefland' closely trimmed, 'A New Map of Muscovy' with worming to top margin not affecting image, verso with various naive early sketches (two human faces, a partridge and a cat) and old repair to closed tear, 'A Map of ye Province of Kilan' slightly friable along top and bottom edges, closely trimmed along top, 'A Map of the East Indies' with old repair to verso of central fold, closely trimmed and slightly nicked and rumpled along fore edge, early naive sketches verso, 'An Exact of Mapp of China' rumpled, small holes to intersections of folds, small hole in frame along inner edge, text-leaves with a few spill-burns and closed tears [ESTC R21580; Wing O269]
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