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1771réf. 647971771. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Scarce Early French-Language Edition of Catherine the Great's Landmark Legal Treatise Issued by Marc-Michel Rey The Premier Publisher of the Enlightenment Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Frontispiece engraved copperplate medallion portrait of Catherine II by C.A. Boily. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 19.68 x 12.06 cm. Contemporary mottled calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with lettering piece edges rouged marbled endpapers. A few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities spine ends worn front joint starting at ends corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text dampstaining and light foxing to a few leaves internally clean. An attractive copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. Known universally as the Nakaz or Instruction this monument of legal philosophy was composed by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766 as a guiding manual for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened in 1767. Intended to replace the outdated Sobornoye Ulozheniye 1649 Muscovite Code the treatise stands as one of the most prominent practical applications of Enlightenment jurisprudence in early modern Europe. Heavily influenced by Montesquieu's De l'Esprit des Lois and Beccaria's Dei Delitti e Delle Pene the text translates radical legal theories into imperial policy. It explicitly advocated for equal protection under the law for all citizens abolition of torture and strict limitation of the death penalty prevention of crime over retributive punishment and judicial proportion between crimes and penalties. Catherine drafted the original text in French and subsequently produced a Russian translation. Following the initial 1767 Moscow printings in Russian and German regional editions proliferated across Europe. The text was famously banned in France by Louis XV due to its radical political liberalism-a censorship event that only increased continental demand. The first Dutch edition was published in Dutch translation in 1769. This 1771 imprint by Marc-Michel Rey represents the first Dutch edition printed in the original French. Publishing from Amsterdam Rey was the principal printer for ra. unknown
1771réf. 648601771. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. Attractive Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Later patterned-paper covered boards calf lettering piece to spine patterned endpapers. Minor wear to spine ends and corners front joint starting at ends. Negligible light toning to text dampstaining to bottom and fore-edges of text block very faint in most places in preliminaries somewhat darker. A nice copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Nakaz proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of the death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown
1866réf. 030652London: Chapman And Hall 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Vi 298 Pp. Modern Blue Cloth Gilt Stamped Black Leather Spine Label. The Modern Binding Is Fine Contents Just Very Good With Wear At Corners And Slight Even Foxing To Title Page. Scarce. Morley Reports That The Observations Were Provided By A Friend Who Brought Them From A Doctor Long Resident In Russia. The Quality And Immediacy Of The Observations Are Remarkable. Chapman And Hall hardcover
1964réf. 031153Moscow: Books 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Photographs Throughout. 404 Pp. Cream Cloth.10 1/2" Tall. Text In Russian. One Of 5000 Copies But Scarce In The West Only Four Institutional Holdings Recorded In Worldcat. Books hardcover
réf. 61006261Northern Illinois University Press . Hardback. New. pp. liv 421 Maps Index Northern Illinois University Press hardcover
1935réf. 029571Moscow 1935. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good. Color Map Of Moscow In 1935. Single Sheet Approximately 26" X 30" Printed On One Side In Black Text Green Parks Tan Public Areas/0 And Brown City Blocks Red Outlines For City Limits Red Dotted Lines For Administrative Security Area. Scale 1:50000. An Important Map Of Moscow Showing All Streets And Depicting The New General Plan For The City. 1935. Light Wear Torn Along Many Folds Browning To Exposed Lower Right Panel. One Of 50000 Copies Printed But Now Scarce. unknown
1960réf. 029657Moscow / Moscou / Moskau / Moscu: Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. Large Format Photography Book In Five Languages Russian English French German And Spanish. A Few Text Pages 147 Numbered Plates. Silver Cloth Printed In Black. Photographic Paper Dj With Additional Clear Plastic Dj. Book With Very Slight Wear But Still Fraying Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With Printed Lettering. Dj's With Light Wear And Short Tears At Corners Small Chips To Plastic Dj At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Ussr Foreign Languages Publishing House Circa 1960/1963 hardcover
1920réf. 029670Vienna Lvov Etc.: 1917-1921 1920. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Four Postcards Of Ukrainian Patriotic Subjects Anti-Russian Color Illustrations Of Patriotic Subjects Four Different Publishers Undated But Circa 1917-1921 Unused But Somewhat Worn And Aged. One Dramatic Postcard Shows A Peasant Woman Tied To A Cross Two Children At Her Feet Burning City And Village In Background Four Black Evil Fantastic Birds Coming At Her At Top One Bird With Russian Hat With Red Star Another Wearing The Russian Imperial Crown; Ukrainian Text On Reverse 8 Lines And Three Lines Explanatory Text In Ukrainian And German. The Moscow Orks From The Northeast Lithuania Poland And Hungary From The West The Don Cossacks And Turkey From The South And The Mongols From The Southeast Have Fought Over The Vast Plains Now Independent Again As "Ukraine" For 1200 Years But The Battlefields Are Much Older Extending Into The Dim Recesses Of Ancient History And The French And Germans Have Made Their Own Attempts From Further West. The Inhabitants Of The Mediterranean Countries East Asia Africa And Central And South America Have Been Largely Innocent But Received Huge Numbers Of Refugees Fleeing Repeated Incursions Into Ukraine. Vladimir Putin Claims That Reads History Carefully But Has Missed The Vast Majority Of Historical Material On Ukraine Apparently A Visual Or Comprehension Impediment. 1917-1921 unknown
1943réf. 026844Washington circa 1943: Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1943. First Edition . Thick Brown Card Wrappers. Good. Tall. Photographs Throughout. Unpaginated. Propaganda Piece Celebrating Victories Over Germans With Promise Of Revenge To Come. Wear At Edges Small Losses At Head And Foot Of Spine. Binding Intact But Title Page Detached Damaged Where Torn Out From Binding Clips. It Is Clear That The Only Time Soviet Russia Does Not Seek The Destruction Of Western Governments Is When They Need Something Desperately As In Wwii. Accommodating Any Russian Government Action Is A Fool's Errand. Russia Hoped That Highlighting The Battle Of Stalingrad Would Ignite Our Jealousy As The West Has Always Sought The Same Oil From The Caucasus That Hitler Needed For Survival The Same Oil That International Oil Companies Now Seek But Now Of Course There Are Vastly Greater Petrochemical Resources Elsewhere In Russia That They Are Clawing Their Way Towards. . Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unknown
1854réf. 025450New York: Harper & Brothers 1854. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Good. Map and Woodcuts. 226 Pp. Original Cloth Gilt And Blind Stamped. Contents Clean Light Aging. Covers With Wear Cloth Lightly Frayed Across Top Of Spine And Down 3/4" At Top Front Spine Edge A Few Other Points Of Fraying. Spine Has Been Wet Gilt Is Dulled Cloth Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Covers And Endpapers Damp Stained This Damage Not Reaching The Printed Pages. Anecdotes And Observations Made While Curzon Was Part Of A Commission To Resolve The "Turkish And Persian Problem In Kurdistan And Armenia" Seeking The Most Arbitrary And Least Democratic Solution For All Residents Of The Area And Achieving Enduring Success. Library Label Franklin Institute On Front Pastedown Four Digit Number At Base Of First Page. This Copy Fairly Crisp And May Never Have Been Read. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1920réf. 016210New York: Lavrowsky 1920. First Edition . Disbound. Fair. Portraits Throughout. 128 Pp. Entirely In Russian Except For The Copyright Page. The Author A Teacher And Poet In The U.S. Was Abused During The Palmer Anti-Red Raids And Testified In Hearings Regarding Them. A History Of Anarchism Covert Political Thought Political Violence And Revolution In Russia 1820 - 1920 With Extensive Text And Prolifically Illustrated With Portraits Of Prominent And Somewhat Obscure Personalities. Very Scarce. This Example Dis-Bound No Covers Endpapers Worn And Chipped At Edges But Contents Near Fine. Lavrowsky unknown
1934réf. 015646Moscow / Leningrad Moskva: Gosstroiizdat 1934. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 10 1/2" Tall. Maps Plans Folding Plates Throughout. 519 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers Stamped In Peach And Black. Survey Of Urban Parks And Recreation Areas In The Soviet Union Including Conceptual Ideas And Theories Planning Design Structures And Buildings Plantings Engineering Considerations Etc. Comprehensive Scholarly Text Notes Detailed Bibliography Technical Charts Index In Russian French And English 451 Illustrations In The Text And On Plates Incl. Numerous Large Folding Plates After Detailed Site Plans Photographs Models And Elevations. Some Edgewear Very Short Tears At Foredges Of CoversAnd With A 1/2" Square Chip At Lower Front Spine Fold No Marks Or Damage. Gosstroiizdat unknown
1919réf. 018337Boston: Little Brown and Company 1919. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Jacket. 42 Illustrations from Photographs By Author. 312 pp. $2.50 pre-printed price on front flap crossed out and "$3.00 net" printed price label on jacket spine. Book is clean tight no wear chalk lettering on cover still complete although chalk spine lettering is partially flaked away. Dustjacket with printed picture of the Nikolskiya Gate to the Kremlin showing damage during the Revolution. Jacket with a few shallow chips along top of spine of front panel and bottom of spine and a 1/2" chip in the lower center of spine all lettering still clear; dustjacket aged and a little dusty. Little Brown and Company hardcover
1921réf. 007326London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1921. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9" High. 210 Clean Unmarked Pages. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt First Printing With 1921 Date On Title Page. Scholarly Study Of Ancient History And Mythology Of Kiev Novgorod And Moscow With Extensive Notes Genealogies Of The House Of Rurik No Mention Of Women And Background Historical Information. Covers Lightly Soiled And Edge Worn. Gilt Spine Lettering Intact. Cover Tips With Small Frays. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. hardcover
1980réf. 007126Kiev: Albom / Mistetstvo 1980. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Near Fine. 13" Tall. Color Plates Throughout. A large well-designed book with information on many contemporary glass artists. Albom / Mistetstvo hardcover
2003réf. 006042Moscow: Avanta 2003. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 29.7 Cm Tall. Color Photographs Throughout. A finely illustrated history with Russian text. Avanta hardcover
1925réf. 007401New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1925. First American Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 8 3/8 " High. 294 Clean Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Illustrated Endpapers. First American Edition With 1925 Date On Title Page. Small Bookseller's Sticker On Rear Pastedown. Covers And Gilt Lettering And Decoration Clean And Bright. Spine Slightly Faded And Gilt Slightly Dulled. Slight Rubs At Corners But Frayed Across Top Edge Of Spine Cat Attack. Robert M. McBride & Co. hardcover
1987réf. 019218Stanford: Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University 1987. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. Xxx 298 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing. Fine. Critical Strategic Analysis Regarding Russia. Nicely Inscribed By The Author To Professor Hammond Rolph. The Two Of Them Wrote A Book On Vietnam Together. Per Usc Swearingen A Former World War Ii Intelligence Corps Officer And Top Aide To General Douglas Macarthur Swearingen Became A Close Friend And Colleague Of Then Future Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger While Both Were Graduate Students At Harvard University In The Late 1940S. Swearingen'S Wife Darlene Swearingen Said That During The 1970S And 1980S Her Husband And Kissinger Took Numerous Trips To China And The Soviet Union. Their Findings Assisted The U.S. Government In Developing International Relations Policies She Said. Rodger Swearingen Joined Usc Dornsife'S School Of International Relations In 1954 Creating A Teaching And Research Focus On Soviet Policy And World Communism. In The 1960S Swearingen Was One Of A Group Of Cold War Scholars Who Convinced Usc Trustee And Donor Henry Salvatori To Contribute $1.25 Million To Establish The Usc Research Institute On Communist Strategy And Propaganda. After Founding The Institute Swearingen Went On To Direct It Teaching Courses And Seminars There Until His Retirement In 1993. He Also Played A Vital Role In Writing For The Journal Published By The Institute. During The Cold War Swearingen Also Brought His Knowledge To Television Moderating A 35-Week Documentary Series On The "Dangers" Of Communism. Titled Communism: Myth Vs. Reality It Aired Nationwide And On U.S. Armed Services Stations Abroad. In Later Years Swearingen Was A Key Advisor To Several Military Committees - Providing Expert Testimony On Both Soviet And Chinese Military Strategies. Swearingen Was Born On April 23 1923 In Los Angeles. His Father Was The Chief Real Estate Broker For The City Of Los Angeles And Was In Charge Of Negotiating Home Purchases To Make Room For The City'S Expanding Freeway System. Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University hardcover
1932réf. 015752New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Wheat Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 13 Maps and 127 Illustrations and Diagrams. Xxix 711 Vii. Wheat Cloth. First American Edition Stated. "Revised And Supplemented By The Author For The English Edition." A Clean Tight Unworn Copy In A Jacket With Some Edge Wear And Small Edge Chips Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. An Immense Amount Of Interesting Detail Not Usually Publicized Elsewhere; For Example 41 % Of The Russian Higher Army Command Under Alexander Ii Was Of German Ancestry And At That Same Time The Russian Senate Was 33% German Etc. American Writing About Russia In Public Printings Remains Largely Political Opinion And Of No Obvious Practicality. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
réf. DADAX0875981259Brand: Pierpont Morgan Library 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Pierpont Morgan Library hardcover
réf. 62195510Northern Illinois University Press . Papeback. New. pp. 475 Northern Illinois University Press unknown
1816réf. 71411London: Robert Bowyer. c. 1816. A very fine hand coloured aquatint by Robert Bowyer 1758-1834 published in 1815. From; 'An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe During the Years 1812 1813 1814 & 1815 Comprising a series of Views of Paris Moscow The Kremlin Dresden Berlin. together with a History of those Momentous Transactions'. This delightful view shows Muscovites in the foreground with parts of The Kremlin and the greater city in the background whilst The Moskva River is seen carrying mercantile craft. The colouring is soft and subtle and gives a this view a wonderful depth and clarity. Size: 465 x600 mm. Original hand coloured aquatint. In good condition. Central fold with old repairs to splits some soiling and minor staining. unknown
1919réf. ZB652334Paris: Imprimerie Lahure 1919. 15 pp. original paper wrappers with later tape rebacking; minor library markings else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Paris: Imprimerie Lahure unknown
1925réf. ZB416681Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag 1925. 3. Auflage 11-15 Tausend; xxxviii 303 1 pp. frontis. plates small folding maps in German only translated and edited from the English by Hans Glaubauf and Kate Gusfeld; ex library original paper wrappers darkened with large chip at head of spine good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, unknown
1905réf. 64112New York: Harper & Brothers 1905. Tall 8vo. 505 1 pp. With 100’s of text woodcuts & engravings maps on endpapers. Brick-red decorated publisher’s cloth black & gilt lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. chipping & loss to spine minor chipping to fore-edges closed tears still NF/G- copy. Later printing of this fairly scarce installment in the Boy Travellers series set against the backdrop of a follow-up to the Far East and Americas adventures with Frank Bassett & Fred Bronson journeying from Vienna to Warsaw & St. Petersburg Moscow the great fair in Nijni Novgorod the Caspian Sea and across Central Asia. Knox 1835-1896 famed Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald later worked for the Russo-American Telegraph Company which inspired his Boy Travellers series featuring an industrialist father and two sons traveling the world. Exceedingly rare in dustjacket. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
