CATHERINE II -- Zhurnaly Kamer-Fur'erskie, 1763 goda. Tseremonial'nyi, Banketnyi i Pokhodnyi Zhurnal 1763 goda. [Chamberlain's Journals for 1763. Journal of Ceremonial, Banqueting and Travel Journal.] Np.: nd. [but late 19th-century.] 8° (262x1780mm). (One gathering loose but present.) Contemporary Russian green sheep, sides blocked in blind with architectural designs, white moiré-style endpapers (hinges broken and text block detached, front endpaper nearly detached). Provenance: A. Sarandinaki (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION, rare, covering the first full year of Catherine II's reign. Zaionchkovskii 1034.
CATHERINE II -- Zhurnaly Kamer-Fur'erskie, 1763 goda. Tseremonial'nyi, Banketnyi i Pokhodnyi Zhurnal 1763 goda. [Chamberlain's Journals for 1763. Journal of Ceremonial, Banqueting and Travel Journal.] Np.: nd. [but late 19th-century.] 8° (262x1780mm). (One gathering loose but present.) Contemporary Russian green sheep, sides blocked in blind with architectural designs, white moiré-style endpapers (hinges broken and text block detached, front endpaper nearly detached). Provenance: A. Sarandinaki (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION, rare, covering the first full year of Catherine II's reign. Zaionchkovskii 1034.
