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136 - COUDRAY (Alexandre-Jacques Chevalier du).
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Estimate €30 - €50

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COUDRAY (Alexandre-Jacques Chevalier du). The Count and the Countess of the North; a Russian anecdote. Paris: Belin, 1782. 8vo, 144 pp. (stains and minor foxing), paperback awaiting binding (modern and as is). As is. ‘The Count and Countess of the North’ were the assumed names used by the future Tsar Paul I of Russia and his wife Sophie-Dorothée of Württemberg (Marie Fiodorovna) during their grand tour of Europe in 1781 and 1782. In May and June 1782, the princely couple visited France and the court of Versailles under this secret identity. The author recounts the reactions and accounts of this social and political journey.

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136 - COUDRAY (Alexandre-Jacques Chevalier du). See original version (French)

136 - COUDRAY (Alexandre-Jacques Chevalier du).
See original version (French)