Notes Upon Russia: Being a Translation of the Earliest Account of that Country, Entitled Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii.

By the Baron Sigismund Von Herberstein - Ambassador From the Court of Germany to the Grand Prince Vasiley Ivanovich, in the Years 1517 and 1526. Translated and Edited, With Notes and an Introduction by R.H. Major. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series. The Hakluyt Society was established in 1846 for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished voyages, travels and naval expeditions by those who first explored these unknown and distant regions. The majority of these illustrate the history of the great age of discovery which forms the foundation of modern history. Publications were distributed only to members of the Society. In two volumes. Vol I - clxii, 116 pp. Frontispiece. Vol II - iv, 266 pp. Frontispiece & folding plan. Both Vols - Foxing on prelims but text clean. Bindings tight. Many pages unopened. Yellow eps. Bound in blue cloth boards of the Hakluyt Society with gilt lettering on spines. Gilt vignette of the sailing ship 'Victoria' on front covers. Blindstamp decoration on boards. Boards bright. Overall condition VG.…