Lot 45
  • 45

Damseaux, Baron de.

Estimate
900 - 1,200 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Guerre des russes, contre les turcs. London: F. Mesplet, 1774
first edition, 8vo (184 x 115mm.), modern mottled calf antique-style, spine gilt, occasional light spotting, a little marginal worming not affecting text

Provenance

Sefik E. Atabey, book label

Literature

not in Blackmer; Atabey 316

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

An account of the Russo-Turkish war of 1771 which resulted in the Russian seizure of the Crimea. The war was largely fuelled by uprisings against Turkish rule in the Morea.