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CATHERINE II, the Great. Nakaz. [Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II to the Commission on the Work of the projected new Code of Laws.] St. Petersburg: Imperatorskaya Akademia Nauk, 1770.
4° (258 x 204mm). Text in Russian, Latin, German and French. Engraved vignettes. (Occasional scattered spotting and soiling.) Contemporary half calf (slightly worn). Provenance: Paul M. Fekula.
Described by Count M.A. Korf, then director of the Imperial Library, as 'THE BEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS EDITION' of Catherine's Great Instructions: this projected rewrite of the Russian law code was amongst her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Burtsev 989; Drage 208; Fekula 2013 (this copy); Sopikov 6456 ('best edition'); SK 2151.
4° (258 x 204mm). Text in Russian, Latin, German and French. Engraved vignettes. (Occasional scattered spotting and soiling.) Contemporary half calf (slightly worn). Provenance: Paul M. Fekula.
Described by Count M.A. Korf, then director of the Imperial Library, as 'THE BEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS EDITION' of Catherine's Great Instructions: this projected rewrite of the Russian law code was amongst her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Burtsev 989; Drage 208; Fekula 2013 (this copy); Sopikov 6456 ('best edition'); SK 2151.
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