Becattini Francesco, “Storia della Crimea, piccola Tartaria / ed altre provincie circonvicine, soggetto delle recenti vertenze tra la Russia e la porta Ottomana ... Illustrata con una recentissima carta geografica miniata ad uso di Olanda”, Venezia, Presso L. Bassaglia, 1785. Text in Italian. Includes document dated 1784.Probably the first book about Crimea written after its annexation to Russia in 1783. Important account of the northen Black sea, written a few years after the Küçük Kaynarca treaty and the opening of the international trade in the area. Woodcut vignette on pp.3. Missing the folding map. Original period paper boards, worn. Light waterstain throughout.