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RUSSIA -- ALGAROTTI, F. Brieven, behelzende een berigt aangaande den koophandel, de scheepvaart, inkomsten en krygsmagt van Rusland. Beneffens een verhaal van den Russischen oorlog tegen de Turken in den jaare 1735. Harlingen, V. v.d. Plaats, 1770. (4), 252 pp. W. ti. printed in red and black & engr. ti-vign. Cont. hcf. (Spine a bit rubbed/chafed, corners bumped).
Collection of twelve letters addressed to Lord Hervey informing him on the state of affairs in Russia. Count Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) was a Venetian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was "one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age," a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheist Julien Offray de La Mettrie.€ 150
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