.jpg?maxwidth=3840)
Lot 266
HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von (1486-1566). Moscovia der Haupstat in Reissen. Vienna: Michael Zimmerman, 1557.
Closed11 July 2018
Price Realised
GBP 6,000
More Information
HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von (1486-1566). Moscovia der Haupstat in Reissen. Vienna: Michael Zimmerman, 1557.
First edition in German of the principal source of Western European knowledge about Russia in the 16th century. First published in a Latin edition of 1549, the present lot is the only edition of the author’s own German translation. A large copy with several deckle edges. USTC 676475; VD 16 H 2206.
Folio (317 x 202mm). With the 2 errata leaves at end, often lacking. Titled printed in red and black, 16 woodcuts, 3 of which are folding including maps of Russia and Moscow (some spotting, occasional faint waterstaining in upper margin, first map repaired, second with a tear along centrefold, the folding genealogical table repaired and laid down). 19th-century mottled calf, red spine label gilt lettered (rebacked preserving most of original spine). Provenance: M. ?Smolonik (gift inscription in Russian on front endpaper) – unidentified library label on front pastedown, partly erased – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (inscription on rear endpaper).
First edition in German of the principal source of Western European knowledge about Russia in the 16th century. First published in a Latin edition of 1549, the present lot is the only edition of the author’s own German translation. A large copy with several deckle edges. USTC 676475; VD 16 H 2206.
Folio (317 x 202mm). With the 2 errata leaves at end, often lacking. Titled printed in red and black, 16 woodcuts, 3 of which are folding including maps of Russia and Moscow (some spotting, occasional faint waterstaining in upper margin, first map repaired, second with a tear along centrefold, the folding genealogical table repaired and laid down). 19th-century mottled calf, red spine label gilt lettered (rebacked preserving most of original spine). Provenance: M. ?Smolonik (gift inscription in Russian on front endpaper) – unidentified library label on front pastedown, partly erased – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (inscription on rear endpaper).
HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von (1486-1566). Moscovia der Haupstat in Reissen. Vienna: Michael Zimmerman, 1557.
First edition in German of the principal source of Western European knowledge about Russia in the 16th century. First published in a Latin edition of 1549, the present lot is the only edition of the author’s own German translation. A large copy with several deckle edges. USTC 676475; VD 16 H 2206.
Folio (317 x 202mm). With the 2 errata leaves at end, often lacking. Titled printed in red and black, 16 woodcuts, 3 of which are folding including maps of Russia and Moscow (some spotting, occasional faint waterstaining in upper margin, first map repaired, second with a tear along centrefold, the folding genealogical table repaired and laid down). 19th-century mottled calf, red spine label gilt lettered (rebacked preserving most of original spine). Provenance: M. ?Smolonik (gift inscription in Russian on front endpaper) – unidentified library label on front pastedown, partly erased – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (inscription on rear endpaper).
First edition in German of the principal source of Western European knowledge about Russia in the 16th century. First published in a Latin edition of 1549, the present lot is the only edition of the author’s own German translation. A large copy with several deckle edges. USTC 676475; VD 16 H 2206.
Folio (317 x 202mm). With the 2 errata leaves at end, often lacking. Titled printed in red and black, 16 woodcuts, 3 of which are folding including maps of Russia and Moscow (some spotting, occasional faint waterstaining in upper margin, first map repaired, second with a tear along centrefold, the folding genealogical table repaired and laid down). 19th-century mottled calf, red spine label gilt lettered (rebacked preserving most of original spine). Provenance: M. ?Smolonik (gift inscription in Russian on front endpaper) – unidentified library label on front pastedown, partly erased – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (inscription on rear endpaper).
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.