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OLEARIUS, Adam

Persiansche reyse/ uyt Holsteyn, door Lijflandt, Moscovien, Tartarien in Persien, door Philippus Crusius, en Otto Brughman, gesanten (van) Frederick, Erf-heer in Noorwegen . aen de koninck van Persien en van daer te landt naer Oost-Indien

Amsterdam
Joost Hartgers
1651

€1.200 - €1.800

"2 parts in 1 vol. in-4to, 134; 120 pp. With engraved frontispiece and 10 engravings in the text. Old half vellum, marbled boards"

"Olearius travelled in the train of the embassy of the Duke of Holstein to Russia and Persia. This was the first German expedition to Persia. The embassy travelled from Riga to Moscow and Astrakhan. Olearius became a Persian scholar. During his travels Olearius collected many valuable information on Russian customs and tradition, his account greatly influenced European opinion of Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Ref. not in Blackmer; Muller, Neerlando-Russe, 255; Adelung II, pp.299-306; Howgego M38;Tiele 814; Cat. NHSM I, p.255"

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