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62 - [RUSSIA] – Chantreau (Pierre Nicolas).
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Estimate €120 - €150
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[RUSSIA] – Chantreau (Pierre Nicolas). A Philosophical, Political and Literary Journey through Russia in the Years 1788 and 1789… ‘Translated from the Dutch, with considerable additions. ” Paris: published by Briand, 1794. 2 volumes in-8° xvi-387- x-381 pp, tobacco-coloured calfskin, plain spine decorated with gilt fillets, black title labels, straw-coloured edges (later binding). The reference to a supposed translation is fictitious, and this engaging and instructive ‘journey’ is indeed the work of the polymath Chantreau. First edition, illustrated with a folded map and three separate plates, including an equestrian portrait of Peter I and two genre scenes. Ex libris of Dr L. Ribadeau-Dumas This edition is the work of Chantreau, a revolutionary, historian, journalist, grammarian and lexicographer, who never actually visited Russia but instead, under the guise of a translation, compiled a selection of books published on the subject. Bookplate from the library of Dr L. Ribadeau-Dumas
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Auction time 09/03/2026 at 8:00 PM
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