Lefort A. A. History of the reign of the Empress Catherine II. Part one.

Lefort A. A. History of the reign of the Empress Catherine II. Part one.
Moscow. Printing house of S. Selivanovsky. 1837 XIII, [6], 18-240, [2], 109, [1] C.

Hardcover of the era with gold lettering on the spine and preserving the publisher's cover, Lasse, artistic flyleaf, gilded cut-off on the upper edge; slightly enlarged format (15.5 x 24 cm). 

Worn cover; at the junction of loose-leaf flyleaf and the first protective sheet, the restoration of the fabric; dirt, tears and loss around the perimeter of the cover and first two leaves; a trail of moisture on the center of the last sheet; the restoration of the back cover; the split is planned for nachsatz; mark bookstore on the circulation of the free sheet nachsatz, traces of labels on the nachsatz; torn silk ribbon before you dress in a cover block is not clipped. 

[A very detailed account of the reign of Empress Catherine II, a brief overview of the political history of European States and Russia from the beginning of the XVIII century to the beginning of the reign of Catherine II, a chronology of important state and international acts and events of this period, brief biographies of people who became famous in the Age of Catherine and extensive author's notes.]