[HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF HRABIE ALEXANDRE SUWOROW-RYMNIKSKI] HISTOIRE DES CAMPAGNES DU COMTE ALEXANDRE SUWOROW RYMNIKSKI publ. 1799.

HISTOIRE DES CAMPAGNES DU COMTE ALEXANDRE

SUVOROV RYMNIKSKI,

GENERAL-FELD-MARECHAL

AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTE L' EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES.

TRADUIT DE L' ALLEMAND ET DU RUSSH

AVEC PORTRAIT

TOME PREMIER

Vol. 1-2 [complete in 2 vols.]

Paris 1799, W. Qiquet and C. Printers-Ibrates, pp. [6] 259; [2] 304, format: 12x20 cm

On the plate a portrait of the marshal in copperplate. A history of the campaign along with a brief biography of Count Alexander Suvorov (1729-1800), a field-marshal-general in the service of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All-Russia, "famous" for his bloody suppression of the Kosciuszko uprising.

Estreicher does not note this edition! Rare!

HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD, DECORATIVE SPINES WITH SIGNBOARDS AND GILT. MARBLED PAPERBOARD

DB condition/covers tattered vide photo, minor bending of corners of several pages, minor discoloration in places