Dec 08, 2022 - Sale 2624

Sale 2624 - Lot 179

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(RUSSIA -- PETER THE GREAT.) Friedrich Christian Weber. Das Veranderte Russland, in Welchem, die Jetzige Verfassung des Geist und Weltlichen Regiments. 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved imperial heraldic crest, and 17 engraved plates and maps (several folding, including one of the earliest printed plans of St. Petersburg). 3 volumes in 2. Small 4to, 8x6 1/2 inches, contemporary vellum-backed plain boards, minor wear; unobtrusive worm hole through the first two-thirds of the first volume and scattered age toning but overall a nice set of first editions. Frankfurt and Hanover: Forster, 1721; 1739-40