Lot 191
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Russia - [Courtois, Alfred de]
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Organisation sociale de la Russie: la noblesse, la bourgeoisie, le peuple. Paris: Ed. Dentu, Librairie Centrale, 1864, 8vo, half-title, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Alexander II, "à Sa Majesté Alexandre II... respectueux hommage de l'auteur... Paris 15 Avril 1864", contemporary crushed green morocco with Russian imperial arms gilt on upper cover, gilt crown on lower cover, green watered silk endpapers, gilt edges, extremities very slightly rubbed
Footnote
Provenance: Alexander II, presentation inscription and bookplate.
Note: Alfred de Courtois was secretary to the French Ambassador of St Petersburg. This treatise, originally published the previous year, describes some of the changes in Russian society resulting from the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.