Russia
[PETER THE GREAT] - STAEHLIN[-STORCKSBURG, Jacob von].
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great, collected from the conversation of several persons of distinction at Petersburgh and Moscow.
J. Murray, J. Sewell & W. Creech, London and Edinburgh, 1788. 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm). 448-viii pp.; lower corner of N4 (pp. 199-200) chipped in margin, rare marginal light spotting. Original blue boards, spine in beige paper inscribed by hand, uncut, housed in a modern cloth box; rubbed at extremities.
Good copy, uncut and internally very fresh, of the first English edition of this celebration of Peter I, in form of the 'ana' in fashion at that time. Stählin (1709 - 1785) had a deep knowledge of Russia and was an important academic figure, spending most of his life in St. Petersburg as Secretary of the Academy of Sciences. His present work also includes "An Alphabetical Account of the Persons on whose Authority the Anecdotes are Given, and of the Eye-Witnesses by whom they were Related". Crowther 407.
Price: £ 500
US Dollar Price: $ 1000
Stock Number: 72354