SMITH, Sir Thomas (or SMYTHE, ca 1558-1625). Sir Thomas Smithes Voiage and Entertainment in Rushia. With the tragicall ends of two Emperors, and one Empresse, within one Moneth during his being there: And the miraculous preservation of the now raigning Emperor, esteemed dead for 18 years . London: [J. Roberts and W. Jaggard for] Nathanyell Butter, 1605.
SMITH, Sir Thomas (or SMYTHE, ca 1558-1625). Sir Thomas Smithes Voiage and Entertainment in Rushia. With the tragicall ends of two Emperors, and one Empresse, within one Moneth during his being there: And the miraculous preservation of the now raigning Emperor, esteemed dead for 18 years . London: [J. Roberts and W. Jaggard for] Nathanyell Butter, 1605. Small 4 o (165 x 126 mm). (Repaired tear crossing imprint on title, last four leaves with upper margins renewed and headlines supplied in ink facsimile, other headlines cropped.) 20th-century blue morocco gilt, edges gilt, by R. de Coverly. Provenance : Boies Penrose (both bookplates; his sale part II, Sotheby's, 9 November 1971, lot 232). FIRST EDITION. smith's exact identification is not known, and he complicates identification in the address to the reader when he states: "But I taking the truth from the mouths of divers gentlemen that went in the Journey, and having som good notes bestowed upon me in writing, wrought them into this body, because neither thou shouldst be abused with false reports, nor the Voyage receive slaunder." He is purported to be James I's ambassador to Russia, and he evidently was well-associated with literary London, as his narrative is filled with literary references. According to the Oxford Biographical Dictionary , "In June 1604, probably by reason of the leading role he played in the Muscovy Company's trade to northern Europe, he was appointed special ambassador to the tsar of Russia, and he landed at Archangel on 22 July. Over the winter he obtained a grant of new privileges for the company, and he sailed for England on 28 May 1605." The author mentions Sidney, Jonson, Fulke Greville and even makes is an allusion to the play of Hamlet , suggested by the sudden poisoning of Czar Ivan. VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , this is the last copy to appear at auction, when it was sold at the Penrose sale in 1971. Cox I:189-90 ("Very rare"); STC 22869.
SMITH, Sir Thomas (or SMYTHE, ca 1558-1625). Sir Thomas Smithes Voiage and Entertainment in Rushia. With the tragicall ends of two Emperors, and one Empresse, within one Moneth during his being there: And the miraculous preservation of the now raigning Emperor, esteemed dead for 18 years . London: [J. Roberts and W. Jaggard for] Nathanyell Butter, 1605.
SMITH, Sir Thomas (or SMYTHE, ca 1558-1625). Sir Thomas Smithes Voiage and Entertainment in Rushia. With the tragicall ends of two Emperors, and one Empresse, within one Moneth during his being there: And the miraculous preservation of the now raigning Emperor, esteemed dead for 18 years . London: [J. Roberts and W. Jaggard for] Nathanyell Butter, 1605. Small 4 o (165 x 126 mm). (Repaired tear crossing imprint on title, last four leaves with upper margins renewed and headlines supplied in ink facsimile, other headlines cropped.) 20th-century blue morocco gilt, edges gilt, by R. de Coverly. Provenance : Boies Penrose (both bookplates; his sale part II, Sotheby's, 9 November 1971, lot 232). FIRST EDITION. smith's exact identification is not known, and he complicates identification in the address to the reader when he states: "But I taking the truth from the mouths of divers gentlemen that went in the Journey, and having som good notes bestowed upon me in writing, wrought them into this body, because neither thou shouldst be abused with false reports, nor the Voyage receive slaunder." He is purported to be James I's ambassador to Russia, and he evidently was well-associated with literary London, as his narrative is filled with literary references. According to the Oxford Biographical Dictionary , "In June 1604, probably by reason of the leading role he played in the Muscovy Company's trade to northern Europe, he was appointed special ambassador to the tsar of Russia, and he landed at Archangel on 22 July. Over the winter he obtained a grant of new privileges for the company, and he sailed for England on 28 May 1605." The author mentions Sidney, Jonson, Fulke Greville and even makes is an allusion to the play of Hamlet , suggested by the sudden poisoning of Czar Ivan. VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , this is the last copy to appear at auction, when it was sold at the Penrose sale in 1971. Cox I:189-90 ("Very rare"); STC 22869.
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