BELL D'ANTERMONY, JEAN.
TRIPS FROM ST. ST. PETERSBURG... Lot 4
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BELL D'ANTERMONY, JEAN.
TRIPS FROM ST. ST. PETERSBURG TO RUSSIA, VARIOUS PARTS OF ASIA.
Paris, Robin, 1766. 3 flights. in-12. Full period marbled calf, ornate nimbus back, green morocco title coins and red morocco tomaison.
First edition of the French translation, decorated with a folding map of the route between Moscow and Peking.
The Scottish ambassador and physician Jean Bell d'Antermony (1691 1780) travelled from 1715 to 1738 on behalf of Peter I of Russia. His diplomatic travels took him to Peking, Isfahan and Derbent in Persia and Constantinople.
Followed by the : Diary of the residence of Mr. Lange, Agent of his Imperial Majesty of All Russia, Peter I, at the court of Peking, in 1721 & 1722 containing his negotiations, in continuous pagination.
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