Russia seu Moscovia itemque Tartaria. […] LM-111

Author: Boxhorn Marcus, 1612 - 1653

Title: Russia seu Moscovia itemque Tartaria. Commentario topogeographico atque politico illustratae.

Title in English: Russia or Muscovy, and the Land of Tartar. Illustrated with Topogeografical and Political Commentary. 

Published: Leyde, Elzevir, 1630.

Format: 2 parts in one volume, narrow binding ancient parchment full seamed and folded edges, handwritten title on the back, 345 pages + 6 pages of tables and 19 leaves unencrypted index.

Binding: narrow binding, ancient parchment.

Topographical and Political Description of Russia, or Muscovy, and Tartary is a collection of historical texts by various authors. The book includes an excerpt from Mykolas Lietuvis’ On the Customs of the Tartars, Lithuanians, and Muscovites (De moribus Tartarorum, Lituanorum et Moschorum).

Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 263.

Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 262-263.