Diarium itineris in Moscoviam perillustris ac magnifici domini Ignatii Christophori noblis domini de Guarient, & Rall sacri Romani Imperii, & Regni Hungariae equitis, sacræ Cæsareæ majestatis consiliarii aulico-bellici ab augustissimo, & invictissimo Romanorum imperatore Leopoldi I. adserenissimum, ac potentissimum tzarum & magnum Moscoviæ ducem Petrum Alexiowcium anno MDCXCVIII /
Korb, Johann Georg.
Lewis, C.,binder.StEdNL
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929.former owner.StEdNL
Barnbougle Castle.Library,former owner.StEdNL
Viennæ Austriæ, : Typis Leopoldi Voigt, Universit. Typog.,
[1700]
Account of the Austrian diplomatic mission to Russia in 1698 and the revolt of the Streltsy rebellion, which was put down by the Scottish general, Patrick Gordon.
Plates include portrayals of festivities, processions, warships, battles, executions, torture and the Great Bell of Moscow.
English translation published in London, 1863: 'Diary of an Austrian secretary of legation at the court of Czar Peter the Great'.
Binding: 19th century red morocco with gilt edges. Catalogue slip on verso of front free endpaper attributes the binding to C. Lewis.
Brunet
Provenance: armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip (5th) Earl of Rosebery on front pastedown. Ink stamp on front free endpaper reads: 'Barnbougle Castle catalogue'. Catalogue slip on verso of front free endpaper mentions that the book comes from the library of P.A. Hanrott, whose library was sold during 1833 and1834.
Gordon, Patrick, 1635-1699