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Hakluyt Society, First

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Cover of History of the two Tartar Conquerors of China, including the two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verbiest in the Suite of the Emperor Kang-hi
The first part is translated from the 1688, Paris, edition; the narrative of Father Pereira's journey and the text of two letters by Father Verbiest are from the 1692, Amsterdam, edition. The supplementary material consists of the 1854 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1854.

Cover of The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof
From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.

Cover of Notes upon Russia: Being a Translation of the earliest Account of that Country, entitled Rerum Muscoviticarum commentarii, by the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein, Volumes I-II
Volume I: Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The first edition of the Commentarii appeared in Vienna in 1549, but it is not clear which edition was used for this translation. Volume II: Appendix of documents, translated and in part collected by Richard Eden and printed from the 1577 edition of his History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, revised by Richard Willes. The supplementary material consists of the 1851 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1851 and 1852.

Cover of The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volumes I-II
Volume I: From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual report. Volume II: From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1853 and 1854.