London: The Hakluyt Society, 1975. Sky blue cloth, bright gilt cover insignia and spine titles. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. x, 315 pp. (includes references and index), folding frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding), 154 pen and ink drawings. Gentle rubbing to dust jacket tips, negligible nicks to top-edge of front panel. The Russian conquest of Siberia, although a gradual process of absorbtion, could be said to have started in the 1580 with the campaign of Yermak. 'There are several narrative accounts, collectively known as the Siberian chronicles ... The Remezov chronicle, written about 1700, is illustrated with 154 pen and ink drawings. These are of great historical and artistic interest, for very few Russian drawings of this period survive. All are reproduced here.' - from the dj flap. (Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 146)