Memoires Historiques, Politiques et Militaire sur La Russie depuis l'année MDCCXXVII jusqu'à MDCCXLIV. Avec un Supplement, contenant une idée succincte du Militarie, de la Marine, du Commerce &c de ce vaste Empire. Avec la vie de l'Auteur par M. Huber.
Paris: Chez Humblot, 1771.
Price: $350.00
About the item
First edition published in France and probably the first edition in French. Also published in French in Leipzig and Amsterdam the same year. Large folding map at the back. xxviii, 584, [12] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black boards, manuscript paper label on spine. Boards very rubbed, some knocking, spine repaired but worn, stamp on title and a few leaves of text, browning of text, pencilled marginalia, else a very good copy.
Item #31423
Scarce edition. Hume translated the English edition and published it in 1770 though the author of this edition says that the English edition is full of errors which may be correct as Hume published the second edition, greatly corrected, etc.
