Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarij Sigismundi liberi baronis in Herberstain, Neyperg, & Guettenhag : Russiae, & quae nunc eius metropolis est, Moscouiae, breuissima descriptio : chorographia deniq[ue] totius imperij Moscici & uicinorum quorundam mentio : de religione quoq[ue] uaria inserta sunt & quae nostra cum religione non conueniunt : quis deniq[ue] modus excipiendi & tractandi oratores differitur : itineraria quoq[ue] duo in Moscouiam sunt aduncta : ad haec, non solum nouae aliquot tabulae, sed multa etiam alia nunc demum ab ipso autore adiecta sunt : quae, si cui cum prima editione conferre libeat, facile deprehendetHerberstein, Sigmund, Freiherr von, 1486-1566anno salutis 1556 mense Augusto.latBEIN 2014 +260: Imperfect: title page slightly mutilated, and repaired, with no loss of text. Unidentified stamp on title page. Printed label pasted at foot of title page: Musaei, Joannis Baptistae Visi Mantuani. Some manuscript annotations in text. Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski. Bookseller's label: C.E. Rappaport ... Roma.In Latin.Imprint from colophon.Signatures: a-s⁶ t⁴ u⁶.Title vignette (printer's device); numerous large and small historiated woodcut initials.Illustrated with 8 woodcuts attributed to Jost Amman; 3 woodcut maps, including the originally published map of Russia from Finland to the Caspian, a pictorial version of the same area, and a plan of the walled citadel of Moscow; and a genealogical tree, compiled by Herberstein, and dated 1553, showing descendants of the royal houses of Spain and Austria.Includes index.