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Beschreibung:

8°., 318; 307; 284; 253 pp. Contemporary green half-calf with marbled covers and endpapers Important work on Russia and its society under zar Nicholas I by the travel writer Custine (1790-1857) who gives a clear account of what he witnessed and does not shy away from harsh critizism of the dark sides of autocracy. The work became highly influential and was translated into various languages. It was banned in Russia until the revolution and was then exploited by the communists for their anti-zarist propaganda. The first edition appeard in Paris the year before (1843). This Belgian reprint contains a genealogy at the end together with: "Un mot sur l ouvrage de M de Custine".

Bemerkung:

- Little browning, only light foxing to the first and last leaves, else mostly clean, somwhat rubbed but still quite decorative.