Bidspirit auction | Lefort A. A. History of

Lefort A. A. History of the reign of the Empress Catherine II. Part one. - Moscow. Printing house of S. Selivanovsky. 1837 XIII, [6], 18-240, [2], 109, [1] C. Hardcover of the era with gold lettering on the spine and preserving the publisher's cover, Lasse, artistic flyleaf, gilded cut-off on the upper edge; slightly enlarged format (15.5 x 24 cm).  Worn cover; at the junction of loose-leaf flyleaf and the first protective sheet, the restoration of the fabric; dirt, tears and loss around the perimeter of the cover and first two leaves; a trail of moisture on the center of the last sheet; the restoration of the back cover; the split is planned for nachsatz; mark bookstore on the circulation of the free sheet nachsatz, traces of labels on the nachsatz; torn silk ribbon before you dress in a cover block is not clipped.  [A very detailed account of the reign of Empress Catherine II, a brief overview of the political history of European States and Russia from the beginning of the XVIII century to the beginning of the reign of Catherine II, a chronology of important state and international acts and events of this period, brief biographies of people who became famous in the Age of Catherine and extensive author's notes.]