V*, M. Nebylitsa; Sochineniia M V* [A Fable; the work of M V*]. St. Petersburg, 1778. 8vo, original wrappers. Possibly from the library of Catherine the Great with the accession number '243' on upper wrapper; with the late Smirdin and Krasheninnikov bookplates.

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V*, M. Nebylitsa; Sochineniia M V* [A Fable; the work of M V*]. St. Petersburg, 1778. 8vo, original wrappers. Possibly from the library of Catherine the Great with the accession number '243' on upper wrapper; with the late Smirdin and Krasheninnikov bookplates.

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The author of this work is thought to have been the dramatist and translator M.I. Verevkin (1732-1795). Its style and content together with the title illustration of a hive and bees, indicate that it is a publication of freemasons. Svodnyi katalog 4524; Sopikov/Rogozhin 6806.

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