BRIDGE, Cyprian A. G. (editor)

History of the Russian Fleet, During the Reign of Peter the Great. By a Contemporary Englishman (1724)

London: Navy Records Society, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 161. Appendices. Index. Blue cloth spine with white buckram-covered boards, gilt device to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Vol. 15 in the series. Bookplate; spine a tad faded. Very Good. Item #1302

An anomaly in the Navy Records Society series in its focus outside the Royal Navy. Written by a mercenary English seaman employed in the Russian navy, with a focus on the Baltic Fleet. A handsome copy, well preserved.

Price: $75.00