Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 39

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(CATHERINE II, Empress of Russia.) [Castéra, Jean-Henri.] La Vie de Catherine II, Impératrice de Russie. [4], iv, 427, [1]; [4], 467 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends chipped; scattered foxing and minor marginal dampstains, minimally affecting portraits, first half-title remargined. Paris: F. Buisson, 1797
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first edition of the first full-length biography of Catherine the Great, published a year after her death.