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Record Nr.

UNISA996385875703316

Titolo

The Present condition of the Muscovite empire till the year 1699 [[electronic resource] ] : in two letters : the first from a gentleman who was conversant with the Muscovite ambassadour in Holland, the second from a person of quality at Vienna, concerning the late Muscovite embassy, his present czarish majesty, the Russian empire and Great-Tartary : with the life of the present emperour of China, by Father J. Bouvet, missionary / / by the author of The antient and present state of Muscovy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for F. Coggan ..., 1699

Descrizione fisica

[6], 109, [10], 111 p

Altri autori (Persone)

CrullJ <d. 1713?> (Jodocus)

BouvetJoachim <1656-1730.>

Soggetti

Russia History Peter I, 1689-1725

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated and edited by J. Crull, author of "The antient and present state of Muscovy." Cf. BM; DNB.

"A letter from a person of quality, residing at the imperial court of Vienna, to his friend in London" (p. [73]-109), and "The history of Cang-Hy, the present emperour of China pesented [sic] to the Most Christian King by Father J. Bouvet" ([10], 111 p. at end) each have special t.p.

Reproduction of originals in British Library and Huntington Library.

Copies on both reels are imperfect: Reel 172:6 lacks text of "The history of Cang-Hy" (111 p.), but includes preliminaries to that text ("Advertisement to the reader" and "To the Most Christian King") bound out of place before "The present condition of the Muscovite empire ...  Pages [71] and [72] are blank.  Reel 687:6 lacks title page for "The history of Cang-Hy" and the relative positions of the 109 p. and 111 p. are reversed.

Item at 687:6 has Wing number C7428, cancelled in Wing (2nd ed.).



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018