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RUSSIA. WITH STRAHLENBERG´S RARE MAP OF RUSSIA. STRAHLENBERG, PHILIP JOHAN VON. An historico-geographical Description of the North and eastern parts of Europe and Asia, but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary, both in their Ancient and Modern State: together with an entire new Polyglot-Table of the Dialects of 32 Tartarian Nations: and a Vocabulary of the Kalmuck-Mungalian Tongue... Written originally in High German... Now faithfully translated into English. London (printed for W. Inny and R. Manby (1738).

Small 4:o (220x165 mm.). (4), (i)-ix, (3), (1)-163, (2), 166-463, (1 blank) pp. 1 folding printed table, 1 large folding coloured engraved map "Nova descriptio geographica Tattariae magna" (c. 650x960 mm., loosely inserted, cut to platemark, some small tears in the folds), 1 folding woodcut map (small tear), 10 engraved partly folding plates and maps (complete).
Contemporary brown full calf, worn, some cracks in the joints, gilt borders, somewhat faded gilt spine in six compartments, small damage at head, redspeckled edges. Old signature on title Ever:d Buckworth 1764. Bookplate of Gösta Nobel.

Philipp Johan Tabbert, enobled von Strahlenberg (1676-1747), German officer who participated in Sweden´s war against Russia and was captured after the battle of Poltava 1709. He spent the years 1711-1722 in captivity in Siberia, where he collected material for his book.
The most important aspect of the present work, however, is Strahlenberg´s rare and significant map representing the Russian realm and Great Tartary, containing extensive information regarding Siberia. Preparing the map, Strahlenberg used his own latitude calculations, as well as expedition accounts written by others. The offered copy is of the second English edition (after the first edition in German in 1730 and the first English of 1736), with the map specially re-engraved by Richard William Seale.
The first edition of the book, in German, was published in Stockholm 1730.

Probably Sir Everard Buckworth, 3rd Baronet (1704-1779), of Sheen in the County of Surrey, assistant Gentleman Usher to George II.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.

Auktionsnummer:

6148

Datum:

2017-06-20