Discours prononcé dans l'académie de Saint-Petersbourg le 29 décembre 1776. Traduit du russe.

4to: [4, incl. front.]-91 pp. (some tiny marg. wormholes and sm. wormtracks, sl. age-toned, water stains).

Contemp. quarter calf, cardboard covers (corners bumped, upper part of cover faded), gilt orn. spine with 3 raised bands (sl. rubbed), red edges.

Very rare first French edition on large paper. Remarkable text enclosing the historic eulogy of Catherine the Great (1729-1796) mentioning the reforms of the cadaster/land register, of the census of the Russian population, the creation of colleges, etc. Ill. with a front. representing an allegory of the Empress of Russia by Choffard. Engr. endpiece in fine.
Ref. BnF. - Worldcat (3 copies worldwide).