An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Part of Europe and Asia, Strahlenberg, Philipp Johann von. Published by W. Innys and R. Manby, London, 1738. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; [4], ix., 463pp. a very large folding map, backed and outlined in 3 colours; 9 engraved plates; 4 additional fold outs including a large folding table of Tartar languages; woodcut illustrations. Bound in marbled leather, panelled boards, banded spine with gilt scrolling and fleurets, red leather label, marbled endpapers. Page 1 only of table of contents; very small closed tear to edge of map outside of map’s margins; occasional light pencil marks outside of margins. A highly collectible volume in beautiful condition.
Full Title: An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Part of Europe and Asia; But more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary; Both in their ancient and modern State: Together with an entire New Polyglot-Table of the Dialects of 32 Tartarian Nations: And a Vocabulary of the Kalmuck-Mungalian Tongue. As also, a large and accurate Map of those Countries. Written originally in High German. Now faithfully translated into English.
