[Rarebooks] FS: Histoire de Russie (1800)

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Levesque, Pierre-Charles. HISTOIRE DE RUSSIE [EIGHT VOLUMES]. 
Hambourg et Brunswick: P. F. Fauche et compagnie, 1800. 8vo. Three 
quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, six compartments, two 
qith morocco labels, four with gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. 
Nouvelle. edition, cor. et augm. par l'Auteur, et conduite jusqu'a la 
mort de l'Imperatrice Catherine II. Brunet (note) 27760.

Pierre-Charles Levesque (1736-1812) was a student of Diderot's who 
spent seven years in Russia and in 1782 produced perhaps the first 
important history of Russia in French with extensive sections on 
Russian literature. A classic work. Stamp of the Rosstrevor House 
Library (Maj. Gen Robert Ross fought in the War of 1812). Spines a 
bit worn at the extremities with a few small chips to a few volumes, 
and two larger chips to the head of one and foot of another, two 
raised bands lacking, all labels present, and gilt still bright, 
boards and extremities rubbed, bindings tight, a few annotations in 
pencil to the occassional page in volume one, overall a solid set and 
quite presentable despite a few cosmetic flaws. [28246] $225.00

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