1782 Historie de Russie

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First Edition, Folding Maps, Leather Binding

The first edition. In the original French. Illustrated, with a folding map to the rear of volume IV and volume V. Levesque stayed in Russia for seven years where he collected material for this history. He lived there as a professor on the recommendation of Diderot. This history was a great success and in Russia it became a classic text. Levesque's work was responsible for forming influence and perspective of Russia to a Western audience. In uniform mottled calf bindings. Collated, complete with half-titles to all volumes. An important historical account of Russia from the eighteenth century, which has