1738 RUSSIA SIBERIA & GREAT TARTARY Description illustrated ANTIQUE in ENGLISH

Strahlenberg, Philip John von (1676-1747)


An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia;
but more particularly of RUSSIA, SIBERIA and GREAT TARTARY
together with an entire new polyglot-table of the dialects of 32 Tartarian nations... As also, a Large and Accurate Map of Those Countries...

London: Printed for W. Innys & R. Manby, 1738.

Illustrated with text woodcuts (some full page), eleven full page and folding engravings extraneous to collation bound at the end, and a large folding typographical table

Lacks map

bound in full modern speckled calf, antique style

Very good condition


Size  8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

463 pages plus folding plates

text in English
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English edition of Strahlenberg's important account of Russia, Siberia and Tartary.
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia.
He had taken part in Charles XII's campaign in Russia, where was he captured and held prisoner for ten years in Siberia, during which time he collected extensive geographical and ethnographical information. 

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