An Account of Russia As It Was In The Year 1710.

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First edition. Octavo (18.5 x 11.5cm). 700 copies printed, of which 600 were sold for the benefit of the poor of Twickenham, the 22pp. Advertisment being written by Walpole. 'On his return to England in April 1710 Whitworth wrote his account essentially as a government briefing document, giving particular attention to naval matters. It was only published nearly fifty years later by Horace Walpole at his famed press at Strawberry Hill and was often used as evidence of the state of contemporary Russia'- Cross. pp. xxiv,158,[2]. With the final errata leaf. An excellent copy, clean & fresh in 19th century full crushed red morocco by Wright, the spine in six panels with label, richly gilt, as are the dentelles, the boards with double gilt borders, aeg. A light unobtrusive offset stain from (presumably) a silk marker affecting four leaves in the centre of the book. With the bookplates of Viscount Birkenhead & a later plate of Muriel Beckett. VG. [Hazen (SH) 5; Hazen (W) 48; Cross B.16; Nerhood 75; Rothschild 2560; Lowndes 2912; Cox I, 195; Havens 75; Allibone 2707; Cat. De Russica W405]. N° de ref. del artículo 10933

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