2004, ISBN: 9780765614223

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Paris: Editions Jules Tallandier, [1928-1930]. Two vols. Thick 8vo. xvi, 501, [5]; xx, 452, [2] pp. Frontisp. portrait in vol. I. Uniformly bound in three-quarter crushed-red morocco ove… Mehr…

Paris: Editions Jules Tallandier, [1928-1930]. Two vols. Thick 8vo. xvi, 501, [5]; xx, 452, [2] pp. Frontisp. portrait in vol. I. Uniformly bound in three-quarter crushed-red morocco over marbled boards, elaborately gilt decorated spines, raised bands, t.e.g., original spine of wrappers bound at rear of each vol. (slight shelfwear, very minor rubbing to 1 corner, very slight bumping to couple corners), still an excellent mostly uncut and unopened set, numbered on verso of half-title, and stamped on verso of flyleaf Henry Sotheran, Ltd. First edition, thus, No. 28 of 50 copies, of this beautifully bound memoir serving as an excellent primary document of the court of Louis XVI, and Mariet Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution. Veri (1724-1799), noted clergyman and diplomat had served under Rochefoucauld, and later as auditor of Rote in Rome, but returned to Paris in 1772, and became integral to the monarchy. After the French Revolution, he settled in the countryside with his sisters who had been driven from the Ursulines, and was arrested in 1793 to be executed. He was saved by the 9th Thermidor and released from prison. These were the third installment in Tallandiers Collection of the Best Political Writers series., Editions Jules Tallandier, 0, Armonk & London: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. SIGNED by the author with a brief inscription on first leaf. Damage to head of spine, tape repair. 323 pages, bibliography, name & subject index. The is the first full-length biography of Witte in English and is written by the historian who edited and translated Witte's memoirs. Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte, 1849-1915, was a Russian statesman who served as finance minister (1892-1903), negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) ending the Russo-Japanese War, and was the first constitutional premier (1905-6). He played a major role in the modernization and industrialization of Russia, particularly in the development of the railroads. He was also president of the council of ministers and a member of the council of the empire. Sidney Harcave was a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Binghamton., M. E. Sharpe, 2004, 4<

2004, ISBN: 9780765614223

Gebundene Ausgabe

Armonk & London: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. SIGNED by the author with a brief inscription on first leaf. Damage to head of spine, tape repair. … Mehr…

Armonk & London: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. SIGNED by the author with a brief inscription on first leaf. Damage to head of spine, tape repair. 323 pages, bibliography, name & subject index. The is the first full-length biography of Witte in English and is written by the historian who edited and translated Witte's memoirs. Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte, 1849-1915, was a Russian statesman who served as finance minister (1892-1903), negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) ending the Russo-Japanese War, and was the first constitutional premier (1905-6). He played a major role in the modernization and industrialization of Russia, particularly in the development of the railroads. He was also president of the council of ministers and a member of the council of the empire. Sidney Harcave was a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Binghamton., M. E. Sharpe, 2004, 4<