viii, 424, [8] pp. With 10 folding maps and charts. (4to) 26x20 cm (10¼x8"), period calf rebacked with modern calf, maroon morocco spine label lettered in gilt, new endpapers.
Detailed account of Russian and Ukrainian history between 1727 and 1744. Manstein served with the Russian army in the Baltic, Siberia, and the Crimea, an eye-witness to the events described.