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Olearius A. Opisanie puteshestviya v Moskoviu I cherez Moskoviu v Persiu I obratno. St Petersburg, 1906.

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6th March 2019, 17:00
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[Description of travel to Muscovy and through Muscovy to Persia and back] The rare edition! Researchers consider it to be the most important foreign source on Russian history and everyday life of the 1630s– 40s. It became one of the classical sources on the history of Russia in the 17th century, in which the features of Russian life, customs, customs, nature, way of life, political and church structure, rituals are described in detail. This work was reprinted and translated into Russian in the XIX century. The drawings in the book were made by Olearius himself. Lavishly illustrated, maps. Octavo (28 х 19,5 cm), [8], XXVIII, 582 p., 19 p. with illustrations. Modern half leaher spine. Good condition. Engineer Behterev (bookplate).