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Réimpression de cette biographie de l'impératrice de Russie Catherine II (1729-1796) publiée en 1834 (Paris, Dumont) par Laure Junot, duchesse d'ABRANTES (1784-1838). Français
20082La Haye, G. Vervloet, 1835 1 volume In-18 (9 x 13,7cm) Reliure demi-basane marron d'époque à petits coins; dos lisse orné de 6 filets dorés, pièce de titre soulignée de pointillés dorés, mention "bibliotheek" dorée en queue; papier de couvrure des plats marbré. 248p. Dos biaisé; vilains restes de papiers mal décollés sur les contreplats (sans doute les formulaires de "bibliotheek"); pâles mais abondantes rousseurs.
2000LFA-126742126Revue de 28 pages, format 205 x 300 mm, illustrée, brochée, bon état
1991LFA-126737088Publication semestrielle de 188 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, brochée, publiée en 1991, Société Diderot, bon état (avec une mention manuscrite sur la couverture)
1663AMA-242Suivant la Copië Imprimée à la Haië, 1663. in 12, chagrin bleu nuit, dos à nerfs orné, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, coupes filetées, tranche dorée,ex-libris. 156 pp.
28572P., Club du Livre Sélectionné, sans date, in 8° relié pleine skyvertex rouge de l'éditeur, 305 pages ; illustrations.
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
A Paris, chez F. Buisson, an 5. de la République, [1797], volumi 2, legatura coeva in mezza pelle, pp. [4], IV, 427, [1] - [4], 467, [1]. Con 6 ritratti incisi in rame fuori testo. Rosicata la punte di un piatto. Spellature, lievi mancanze ai dorsi. Buono l'interno. Ex-libris Alexis Zoubow.
LFA00ba5Un ouvrage de 219 pages, format 115 x 175 mm, broché, s.d., La Renaissance du Livre, bon état
49338Calmann-Lévy 1934, in-12 broché, 215 p. (pliure au premier plat de couverture, sinon très bon état) Avec une planche en frontispice. Cette correspondance inédite de la tsarine avec son favori est publiée avec une introduction et des notes par Georges Oudard.
1998123953Val d’Oise Editions 1998 In-4 broché 30 cm sur 22,1. 175 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
1965ABE-948915262114 PAGES FORMAT 42X60-DEUX CONQUERANTS DE L'INUTILE LIONEL TERRAY MARC MARTINETTI/PAR ROGER FRISON ROCHE/SUITE P6-CES POMMES DE TERRE POURRIES./PAR ANDRE MAUROIS/SUITE P6-CRITIQUE DE FRANCOIS NOURISSIER POUR "LE ROI DES RATS" ROMAN DE MAURICE FROT/PHOTO-LE POETE CONTRE LES MOUCHES MAO TSE TOUNG/PAR ROGER LEVY/PHOTO-"MONSIEUR U" UNE NOUVELLE DE PAUL MORAND/ILL DE JACQUES SCHUFFENECKER-CATHERINE II IMPERATRICE DES ARTS ET TSARINE DE RUSSIE/PAR JEANINE DELPECH/1P/2 ILL-NIEMEYER: "JE SUIS UN HOMME LIBRE"/PHOTO PALAIS DE L'AHORADA A BRASILIA-/L'HUMANISTE DU BETON PAR JEAN ALBERT CARTIER-PETITE HISTOIRE DES GARES PARISIENNES AVANT LA DEMOLITION DE LA GARE MONTPARNASSE/PAR RENE HERON DE VILLEFOSSE-LES JOURNEES EUROPEENNES D'ETUDES LAMARTINIENNES A MACON/COMME UNE GRANDE IMAGE PAR GAETAN PICON/LE SECRET DE JOCELYN PAR G.GUITARD AUVISTE/PORTRAIT PAR CHASSERIAU-AU FESTIVAL D'EDIMBOURG PIERRE BOULEZ PLEBISCITE-LES BALLETS TAKARAZUKA A L'ALHAMBRA/LA FIN DES CERISIERS PAR MARC PINCHERLE/PHOTO/PHOTO EN UNE-THEATRE PAR GABRIEL MARCEL: "MADAME PRINCESSE" DE FELICIEN MARCEAU/PHOTO JEAN CLAUDE BRIALY ET MARIE BELL-CINEMA: SAMUEL FULLER: UN FAUVE EN LIBERTE/"SHOCK CORRIDOR"/PHOTO
41372Paris.Franck.1859.4 vols.in-12 en demi-maroquin rouge.233,295,267 et 323 pages.Traduction de l'anglais par A.des Essarts. BE.Dos à 4 nerfs fleuris avec caractères dorés.Tète dorée.Rousseurs in-texte.Plats recouverts de papier peigne que l'on retrouve pour les pages de garde.
