Heinrich von Staden: Aufzeichnungen über den Moskauer Staat nach der Handschrift des Preußischen Staatsarchiv in Hannover
Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1930. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 308pp. Original wrappers. Discoloration, creasing and minor chipping to wrappers. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some spotting to page edges. Pages unopened. Illustrated with a fold-out map and a fold-out b/w plate. Papers by Heinrich von Staden about history and life in Moscow, toward the end of the 16th century. He was a self-proclaimed "adventurer in Muscovy" and wrote his accounts at the court of Ivan IV, (the Terrible), from 1578-1582. The writings were discovered around 1900 in the "Staatsarchiv in Hannover." Text in German. Wrappers in good, interior in very good condition. g. Item #14423
Published under the series Hamburgische Universität. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde" (Fortsetzung der Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts), Band 34. Reihe A. Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften Band 5.
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