Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589-1605 2 Vol Set Hakluyt Society 1970 For Sale

Two-volume set of Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589–1605, Hakluyt Society Second Series volumes CXXXVIII–CXXXIX, edited by W. E. D. Allen with introduction, additional notes, commentaries and bibliography; texts translated by Anthony Mango. Published by Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society — first published 1970, this printing 1972.Hardcover, light blue cloth with gold-stamped spines and ship emblem on the front boards; original dust jackets with printed price (.50 the set, USA). Vol. I: xxxii + 368 pages; Vol. II: ix + pages 369–640, continuous pagination.Includes the large fold-out maps — Tabula Russiae (after the Godunov original, engraved by Hessel Gerritsz), Delisle\'s Carte Générale de la Georgie et de l\'Armenie (1766), and Olearius\'s map of the Volga Basin — plus interior plates including the first Turkish map of Caucasia (Katib Chelebi\'s Cihan Nüma, 1734).Condition: Used. Dust jackets very good with minor edge wear and light toning, not price-clipped. Top right corner of Volume 1 is dinged, and the next few pages show diagonal creases at top corner, which is visible in photos. Volume 1 also has minor waviness in the middle of pages throughout in the form of two or so horizontal indentations as can be seen in photos. Boards clean, gilt bright, pages clean and tightly bound. Both volumes carry a previous owner\'s signature in ink on the front flyleaf (\"Lawrence J. Sye, Rough & Ready 1980\") and a small pencil mark. A tear to the map in Volume 1 where the map attaches to the volume (see photo) has been repaired with archival tape. All maps and plates present.