Beytrag zur Geschichte Russlands vom Jahr 1727 bis 1744 nebst einem Anhange über die damalige Beschaffenheit des Kriegs- des Seewesens, des Handels, der Academie &c. &c. Mit Charten und Plänen. Aus einem französischen Handschrift.

MANSTEIN, Christoff Herman.

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Hamburg und Bremen, Johann Heinrich Cramer, 1771. 8vo. XXVIII,+ (3),+ (blank),+ 694,+ (25) pp.+ 10 folding engraved maps and plans. One map with tear. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf, gilt spine with red rubbed label and raised bands. Owners signature of Aug. Maxs. Myrberg. probably the finnish soldier and philhellene. freedom fighter. From the library of Ericsberg, with removed bookplate. Warmholtz 6216 note. First German edition of Manstein?s ?Memoirs of Russia? published a year after the English edition. The memoires was originally written in German, translated to French and from French to English. The work describes the Turkish and Swedish campaigns, during which Manstein was in Russian service as colonel, and gives information about the Russian Court at the time of Empress Anna (daughter of Peter the Great), who reigned from 1730-40. Among the folding maps is one of the Crimean peninsular including the Black Sea, one of the Finnish coast from Wyborg to Helsingfors and a plan of Dantzig with the fortress of Weichselmuendung. Äventyraren August Maximilian Myhrberg (1797-1867) stred i både polska och grekiska befrielsekrigen, och blev så småningom något av hjälte i Finland.

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• Title: Beytrag zur Geschichte Russlands vom Jahr 1727 bis 1744 nebst einem Anhange über die damalige Beschaffenheit des Kriegs- des Seewesens, des Handels, der Academie &c. &c. Mit Charten und Plänen. Aus einem französischen Handschrift.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback