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First Edition. Octavo, pp. [xvi], 461, [3, publisher's catalogue], erratic pagination, engraved portrait of the Grand Duke, engraved frontispiece-portrait of the Earl of Carlisle; mounted and the side slightly extended by hand. Bound in contemporary calf, re-backed with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands with gilt rules. Printed for John Starkey (London), 1669.
Some very minor rubbing to the boards, a small area of loss to bottom right corner of pp. 461 (not affecting any text). A near fine example.
In this work, Guy Miege, Under-Secretary to the English Ambassador Charles Howard, the first Earl of Carlisle; Ambassador to Russia, Sweden, and Denmark from 1663 to 1664, provides a first-hand account of the official English Embassy to Russia. Miege offers insight into Russian diplomacy and the reception provided to senior foreign dignitaries by the Russian state.
In 1668, Ambassador Charles Howard was "sent as ambassador-extraordinary with the Garter to Charles XI of Sweden. With the…
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