RUSSIAN ART & HISTORY
By Hermitage Fine Art
Jul 7, 2020
Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco

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Manuscripts Lot: 795

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LOT 367:

CATHERINE THE GREAT (1726-1796) Vie de Catherine II, Imperatrice de Russie: 2 vol. Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1797.

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Sold for: €240
Start price:
250
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250€-300€
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Auction took place on Jul 7, 2020 at Hermitage Fine Art
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CATHERINE THE GREAT (1726-1796) Vie de Catherine II, Imperatrice de Russie: 2 vol. Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1797.
Life of Catherine II, Empress of Russia.
Paris, 1797. Vol. 1. - [4], IV,
424 p., 4 p. Il.; Vol. 2. - 467 p., 2 p.
Il.; 20,5x13 cm. With six engraved
portraits on separate sheets: Catherine
II, Peter III, Grigory Orlov, Stanislav
Poniatovsky, Paul I, Grigory Potemkin. In semi-leather
bindings of the epoch with gold lettering on the spines. Minor
scuffs of bindings, fox stains, loss of the title page (Vol. 2).
The book was released almost immediately after the death of
Catherine the Great on November 6, 1796.
The author of the work is considered to be Jean Henri Castera
(1749-1838).