FLETCHER, Giles (c.1549-1611). Of the Russe Commonwealth. London: T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, 1591.
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FLETCHER, Giles (c.1549-1611). Of the Russe Commonwealth. London: T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, 1591.

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FLETCHER, Giles (c.1549-1611). Of the Russe Commonwealth. London: T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, 1591.

8° (157 x 97mm). (Lacking front blank, A2-4 and part of B1 in facsimile, some marginal repairs, occasionally with a few words or letters supplied). 19th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments, edges red (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: V.A. Krylov (stamps).

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH ON RUSSIA. VERY RARE: Eastland merchants, fearing reprisals as a result of the English ambassador's strongly expressed views, prevailed on Lord Bughley to suppress the work. From the library of the noted bibliophile V.A. Krylov (1898-1986; cf. M.V. Bokarius Nevskii Bibliofil (2001), pp.93-103 ). Russia Engages the World, p.17; Russica 382; STC 11056; Sobolevskii 2347 ('great rarity').
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