IVAN IV -- Sudebnik Gosudaria Tsaria i Velikago Kniazia Ioanna Vasil'evicha. [The Law Code of Ivan Vasilievich.] Moscow: Imperial University, 1768. 4° (240 x 191mm). (Faint dampstaining.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (spine foot chipped, joints starting, corners rubbed). Provenance: a Russian reader (indistinct title signature) -- Martin Winkler (bookplate).

IVAN IV -- Sudebnik Gosudaria Tsaria i Velikago Kniazia Ioanna Vasil'evicha. [The Law Code of Ivan Vasilievich.] Moscow: Imperial University, 1768. 4° (240 x 191mm). (Faint dampstaining.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (spine foot chipped, joints starting, corners rubbed). Provenance: a Russian reader (indistinct title signature) -- Martin Winkler (bookplate).

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.