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Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

14 - [COLLINS (Samuel)] – A Curious Account of the Present State …
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Estimate €150 - €200
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[COLLINS (Samuel)] – A Curious Account of the Present State of Russia, translated from an English author who spent nine years at the Court of the Great Tsar […] - Paris; Claude Barbin, 1679 - 1 volume, large 12mo - 1 leaf partially torn but with no loss of text - Frontispiece title page engraved by L. Coffin, with woodcut illustrations in the text, some full-page, including a portrait of Alexei I - Contemporary binding in grained brown calfskin (first joint partially split, one very small loss of leather on the second cover) - Spined back with gold lettering (small losses of leather on the last panel, lower cap worn) - Edges speckled with red - A fine copy of the first French edition of this account, one of the earliest Western sources on 17th-century Russia. Expert: Caroline Velk - 06.99.94.10.05
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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 9:30 AM
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