John Mottley

Property from an Upper East Side Collection.

Beautifully bound set of Mottley's famous biographies of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great with distinguished provenance.

• Sold as a set of 5.
• John Mottley (English).
• The History of the Life of Peter I: Emperor of Russia in 3 volumes.
• London: J. Read, 1739.
• 3 vols.
• Includes 2 folding maps and 2 folding plates.
• The History of the Life and Reign of the Empress Catherine: Containing a Short History of the Russian Empire, from its First Foundation to the Death of that Princess. 
• London: William Meadows, 1744.
• 2 vols.
• Bound in matching full leather set with gilt decorations and raised gilt-tooled bands on the spines.
• Boards stamped with gilt heraldic emblems.
• Ex-libris Josephine B. Crane, Sugar Hill, Dalton, Mass.

Josephine B. Crane was a prominent socialite being one of the original founders of the Museum of Modern Art and served on the boards of the Morgan Library and the New York Public Library.

Josephine B. Crane