1792 1ed RUSSIA English Ivanovich on Russian Empire Military Catherine Great

1792 1^ed RUSSIA English Ivanovich on Russian Empire Military Catherine Great

 

Sergei Pelcheev Ivanovich’s ‘Survey of the Russian Empire’ is perhaps the best 18^th-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. 1^st English edition

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 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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