![IVAN IV -- Sudebnik Gosudaria Tsaria i Velikago Kniazia Ioanna Vasil'evicha. [The Law Code of Ivan Vasilievich.] Moscow: at the Imperial University Press, 1768. 4° (240 x 190mm). (Light spotting.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (spine caps chipped, corners rubbed). Provenance: Aleksandr Ivanovich Ivanov (stamps) -- Russian bookseller (small stamps) .](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0367_000(ivan_iv_--_sudebnik_gosudaria_tsaria_i_velikago_kniazia_ioanna_vasilev044803).jpg?w=1)
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IVAN IV -- Sudebnik Gosudaria Tsaria i Velikago Kniazia Ioanna Vasil'evicha. [The Law Code of Ivan Vasilievich.] Moscow: at the Imperial University Press, 1768. 4° (240 x 190mm). (Light spotting.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (spine caps chipped, corners rubbed). Provenance: Aleksandr Ivanovich Ivanov (stamps) -- Russian bookseller (small stamps) .
FIRST EDITION. Ivan IV's reform of the law code shifted power from the aristocracy to State and local institutions. This edition was prepared by G.F. Miller from the manuscript owned by Vasilii Tatishchev. Bitovt 1638; SK 6936; Sopikov 11593.
FIRST EDITION. Ivan IV's reform of the law code shifted power from the aristocracy to State and local institutions. This edition was prepared by G.F. Miller from the manuscript owned by Vasilii Tatishchev. Bitovt 1638; SK 6936; Sopikov 11593.