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4427368Short description: In Russian. Catherine II. Works of Empress Catherine II. St. Petersburg: Marx 1893. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4427368 unknown
1166179672.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1104913747.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1955mon0000431490Hamish Hamilton 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Occasional spot stain but text unaffected. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
64442A Paris : chez Gide Libraire place Sulpice. 1780 1799. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf spines gilt and rubbed the label to vol.I chipped at a corner small faded brown mark in the top gutter corners of v.II throughout marbled end-papers the engraved book-plates of ROBERT RUSHBROOKE and his signature in each volume Mosco sic Oct.20th. 1801. Nice copies. pp. iv 438. Engraved portrait frontispiece by TARDIEU after MEIJS; iv 432. Both half-titles present. CONTENTS : Le tracassier / par Catherine II I p. 5-30 -- Crispin duègne / par L. P. deSégur I p. 31-126 -- La rage aux proverbes / par Catherine II I p. 127-166 -- Le jaloux de Valence / par d'Estat I p. 167-224 -- Le flatteur et les flattés / par Catherine II p. 225-254 -- Gros-Jean ou La régimanie / par Cobentzel p. 255-280 -- Caius-Marcius Coriolan / par L. P. de Ségur I p. 281-358 -- L'insouciant / par Alexandre Momonof I p. 359-414 -- L'amant ridicule / par le prince de Ligne I p. 415-436 -- Les quipropo / par d'Estat II p. 1-48 -- Le sourd et le bègue / par L. P. de Ségur II p. 49-88 -- Les voyages de M. Bontems proverbe / par Catherine II II p. 89-110 -- Insipidus / par Schwalof II p. 111-138 -- Il n'y a point de mal sans bien / par Catherine II II p. 139-172 -- L'enlèvement / par L. P. de Ségur II p. 173-246 -- La matinée de l'amateur / par Strogonof II p. 247-274 -- L'officier suffisant ou Le fat puni / par mademoiselle Aufrène II p. 275-314 -- L'homme inconsidéré / par Ségur II p. 315-368 -- Imitation de Schakespear / par Catherine II II p. 369-430. COPAC records copies at the BL - NLS - TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE - NATIONAL TRUST - UCL - all of these under the imprint of Gide. Two additional locations are recorded BODLEIAN and the LONDON LIBRARY for copies with the imprint of Buisson Paris. The copies offered above have the peculiarity of having the date carefully erased in each volume and the date for '1780' in letter-press replacing the original. This feature is also noted for the set listed by COPAC for the National Trust copies. It is therefore not unique to this copy. The unaltered edition published by Gide is dated for 'an 7' of the Republic i.e. 1799. A Paris : chez Gide, Libraire, place Sulpice. 1780 [1799]. 2 volumes. 8vo. unknown
17701845<p><strong>A rare example of Russian text of the Enlightenment --- "The best and most luxurious edition" of Catherine's famous 'Great Instructions' </strong>such described by Count M.A. Korf then director of the Imperial Library. First published and "signé de la propre main de Sa Majesté Impériale" in 1768; this edition however is the only in several languages and illustrated.</p><p>These instructions were "largely compiled and adapted by Catherine personally from the texts of Montesquieu and Beccaria. Although the project was never brought to fruition the impulse behind it stands as one of the nobler concepts of Catherine's reign" Fekula 2013 for a later edition.</p><p>A major document of the Enlightenment it condemned torture and capital punishment and endorsed such principles as the equality of all before the law.</p><p>The illustration consists of two detailed symbolic engravings each repeated once by Roth d. 1798 an engraver from Nuremberg who mostly worked in Russia.</p><p><strong>"The most magnificent and desirable of the more than 40 editions of the Nakaz"</strong> Widener <strong>"one of the most remarkable political treatises ever compiled and published by a reigning sovereign in modern times"</strong> I. de Madariaga Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great 1981 p. 151. Some great scholarly publications have taken place among these numerous editions especially published in St. Petersburg in 1893 using the French text from this edition and 1907 as well as the more recent The Nakaz of Catherine the Great: Collected Texts 2010 with a bibliography of the 43 editions edited by Butler and Tomsinov.</p><p><strong>Physical description:</strong> Quarto 26.3 x 20.5 cm. Title pages in Russian Latin German and French 403 pp. with 4 allegorical head- and tailpieces engraved by Christopher Melhior Roth after Jacob Shtelin. Contemporary full Russian calf spine with raised bands stamped in bling label lettered in Russian patterned endpapers red edges.</p><p><strong>Condition</strong>: Binding covered with clear adhesive film dampstain to back cover; very occasional light spotting otherwise a lovely attractive example.</p><p><strong>Bibliography</strong>: Drage 208; Fekula 2013; Sopikov 6456 'best edition'; SK 2151; Widener M. Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library on their copy exhibited in 2012.</p> Imp. Akad. Nauk, Skt. Peterburg, hardcover
93070Briand Paris 1794. . Two volumes 8vo 20 x 13.5 cm. xvi incl. half-title and title 387; x incl. half-title and title 381 pp. with a folding engraved map and 3 plates engraved by Boutrois; closed tear repaired to pp. 323-324. Contemporary marbled paper imitating tree calf flat calf spines gilt each with two orange morocco labels lettered in gilt pink silk bookmarks; a bit rubbed<br /> A fine copy of the first edition. Far more than a simple travel account Chantreau's important work is a full survey of Russia at the end of the reign of Catherine the Great including physical descriptions economic considerations statistical figures and sociological observations - these are smartly compiled from various sources available at the time since Chantreau actually never travelled to Russia he lived more than 20 years in Spain.<br /><br />The engraved map in excellent condition shows Western Russia and the plates include two scenes linked with the Tsar's wedding and an interpretation of the celebrated monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg.<br /> Boucher de la Richarderie II 18; Hoefer IX 680-81. Briand, Paris, 1794. unknown
