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Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding.
Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 2.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 3.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 4.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 5.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 6.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 7.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 8.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 9.
  • Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding — photograph 10.

Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding

Charles François Philibert Masson · London

Author
Charles François Philibert Masson
Date
1895
Place
London
Publisher
H.S. Nichols & Co.
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.5" x 8.5") Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding. Limited to 500 Copies. 390 pp. Quarter green polished leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to gilt rule framed red leather in second compartment, all other compartments with heavy gilt filigree framing a large centered gilt device of a crown and crossed staffs, gilt year at foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, spine lightly sun faded to a pleasing brown, boards lightly rubbed. Title page in red and black ink, portrait frontispiece. A pretty book, extremely limited to only 500 copies.
Format
The attestation page states: Edition strictly limited to 500 copies.
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.8526

Secret Memoirs of The Court of St. Petersburg Particularly Towards the End of The Reign of Catherine II, And the Commencement of That of Paul I. Translated From the French. [One out of 500 copies] Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding. 1895. London: H.S. Nichols & Co. 1895. London: H.S. Nichols & Co. (Charles François Philibert Masson)

8vo.(5.5" x 8.5") Zaehnsdorf Signed Binding. Limited to 500 Copies. 390 pp. Quarter green polished leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to gilt rule framed red leather in second compartment, all other compartments with heavy gilt filigree framing a large centered gilt device of a crown and crossed staffs, gilt year at foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, spine lightly sun-faded to a pleasing brown, boards lightly rubbed. Title page in red and black ink, portrait frontispiece. A pretty book, extremely limited to only 500 copies. The attestation page states: Edition strictly limited to 500 copies (see pic).

Charles François Philibert Masson (22 January 1761 or 1762 – 6 June 1807) was a French writer, poet, and political observer best known for his Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Petersburg, which offered a candid and controversial account of Russian court life during the final years of Catherine the Great and the early reign of Paul I.

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