IVAN IV -- ODERBORN, Paul (c.1555-1604). Wunderbare Geschichte des Grossfürsten in der Moschkaw Joan Basilidis. Görlitz: Johan Rhambaw, 1596. 4° (187 x 145mm). Engraved title vignette printed in red and black. (Evenly browned, large but mostly faint dampstain.) Later German quarter calf. edges sprinkled red (hinges starting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Martin Winkler (bookplate).
IVAN IV -- ODERBORN, Paul (c.1555-1604). Wunderbare Geschichte des Grossfürsten in der Moschkaw Joan Basilidis. Görlitz: Johan Rhambaw, 1596. 4° (187 x 145mm). Engraved title vignette printed in red and black. (Evenly browned, large but mostly faint dampstain.) Later German quarter calf. edges sprinkled red (hinges starting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Martin Winkler (bookplate).

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IVAN IV -- ODERBORN, Paul (c.1555-1604). Wunderbare Geschichte des Grossfürsten in der Moschkaw Joan Basilidis. Görlitz: Johan Rhambaw, 1596. 4° (187 x 145mm). Engraved title vignette printed in red and black. (Evenly browned, large but mostly faint dampstain.) Later German quarter calf. edges sprinkled red (hinges starting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Martin Winkler (bookplate).

AMONG THE EARLIEST EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS OF RUSSIA, AND THE EARLIEST BIOGRAPHY OF IVAN 'THE TERRIBLE', with an engraved portrait on the title. This third German edition is a translation of the Latin edition published in Wittenberg in 1585. All early editions are rare: ABPC does not record a copy of this edition at auction in over 30 years. WorldCat lists no copy in the US or in the UK. Cf. Rovinskii, Slovar' gravirovannikh portretov II, pp.1022-3; Russia Engages the World, p.188 (the Latin edition); Sobolevski 2534.