Caminer: “Storia de la Guerre Presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana.” Venezia 1770 First and only edition, in 8vo 20x14cm, eleven volumes bound in five, modern binding, large uncut copy, some marginal scattered water stain, text mainly clean and bright, 27 copper engraved plates, some folded, without the large separately printed maps, as usual, overall very good. Caminer wrote in Venezia a contemporary history on the ongoing war between the Russians and the Turks in a kind of continuous series. The events of 1770 made a profound impression in Europe. The Russian victories at the naval battle of Cesme and in the Balkans, the crash of the Tatars allies of Turks in the Black sea, the landing in Morea and the Orloff rise of the Greeks have been described in detail in this publication, from first hand information, as the Russian fleet of Mediterranean was based in Livorno, Italy. The accounts include many more information for Greece than military accounts, as condition in besieged cities, trade and economic impacts, social unrest, population estimation etc. Modern research reveals that several of these publications, including this one, have been largely supported financially by the Russians in order to glorify their victories and push Venice in the combat but mostly to prepare the public opinion of the western countries for the necessity of Russia’ s intervention to save the Christians of the Levant and justify their strange first appearance in the Mediterranean. Caminer story is richly illustrated with beautiful engravings of the main persons involved, views of cities, battles etc. Not in Atabey or Blackmer. RARE