Puteshestvie dobrodeteli ili stranstvovanie po svetu [Travels of Virtue or Wanderings in the World of a young Chinese Prince with a Philosopher]. Moscow, at the University Press by N. Novikov, 1782. 2 vols., 8co, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt with entwined initials of P and M. Pencil shelfmark of the the library of the future Emperor Paul and his wife Maria Feodorovna on front endpapers, with their crowned initials on the spines. (2)

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Puteshestvie dobrodeteli ili stranstvovanie po svetu [Travels of Virtue or Wanderings in the World of a young Chinese Prince with a Philosopher]. Moscow, at the University Press by N. Novikov, 1782. 2 vols., 8co, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt with entwined initials of P and M. Pencil shelfmark of the the library of the future Emperor Paul and his wife Maria Feodorovna on front endpapers, with their crowned initials on the spines. (2)

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A fine association copy in a pretty binding; the text was probably translated by A.M. Kutuzov who collaborated on the journal "Utrenii svet", in which this text first appeared in an abbreviated form. Svodnyi katalog 5756; Sopikov/Rogozhin 9184; not in Drage.

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