Russia
[LESUR, C.-L.].
Des progres de la puissance russe, depuis son origine jusqu'au commencement du XIXe siecle.
Fantin, Paris, 1812. 8vo (23 x 12.5 cm). xiv, 514 pp.; very light occasional spotting, last fly-leaf with old handwriting about the author. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards by R. P. Ledoux, corners reinforced, spine with raised bands gilt with fillets and stamped in blind, lettered in gilt, original marbled endpapers, marbled edges; spine slightly faded.
An attractive copy of this popular item of the Napoleonic propaganda against Russia, here in its third edition - published precisely the year when Russia would stop the series of French victories. Barbier III, 1060; Cat. Russica I, 700.
Price: £ 350
US Dollar Price: $ 700
Stock Number: 72324