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[MIÉGE, GUY]: La relation de trois ambassades de monseigneur le Comte de Carlisle, ... vers ... Alexey Michailovitz, Charles Roy de Suede, & Frederick III. Roy de Dannemarc & Norvege, commencées en l'an 1663, & finies sur la fin de l'an 1664. Amsterdam, Jean
Blaeu, 1670. 12mo. Pp. (xx), 434. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, slightly rubbed, small wormhole on spine. Some light staining in inner margin throughout. Guy Miège (1664-1718) was a native of Lausanne and settled in London in 1661. He joined the suite of Charles Howard, the English Ambassador, to Russia, Sweden and Denmark, whose travels and missions abroad are recounted in the present work. Miège gives an accurate description of 17th century life in Russia, including a detailed account of Moscow, and her northern neighbours. First published in 1669, reprinted many times. Berghman 1481. Warmholtz 402. Willems 1829.
Offered for EUR 580.00 = appr. US$ 915.82 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 99562
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