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Survey of the Russian Empire: according to its present newly regulated state, divided into different governments, shewing their situation and boundaries, the capital and district towns of each government...
by IVANOVICH, Sergei Pelscheev
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1792 1ed RUSSIA English Ivanovich on Russian Empire Military Catherine Great
Sergei Pelcheev Ivanovich's 'Survey of the Russian Empire' is perhaps the best 18th-century account of the politics, military, and social customs of the Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. It provides commentary on the different governments in the Russian Empire, including a section of the governing bodies in Estonia, and notes on different ethnic peoples throughout Northern Asia and Eastern Europe
This 1792 English edition was translated from the original Russian by James Smirnove. Note the huge folding table of arms and uniforms of the Russian Empire.
Item number: #11596
Price: $1500
IVANOVICH, Sergei Pelscheev
Survey of the Russian Empire: according to its present newly regulated state, divided into different governments, shewing their situation and boundaries, the capital and district towns of each government...
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792. 1st English edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxiv, 336
· References: Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 15083.
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 13.5cm)
· Very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at upwards of $2,000
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11596
- Title
- Survey of the Russian Empire: according to its present newly regulated state, divided into different governments, shewing their situation and boundaries, the capital and district towns of each government...
- Author
- IVANOVICH, Sergei Pelscheev
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for J. Debrett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1792 1ed RUSSIA English Ivanovich on Russian Empire Military Catherine Great rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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