The life of Catharine II. Empress of Russia . With seven portraits elegantly engraved, and a correct map of the Russian empire. In three volumes.
Jean-Henri Castéra (1749-1838)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3099019
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. plates : ill., ports., fold. map ; 8vo. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: "John Edwards." [i.e. Sir John Edwards, 1st bart. Edwards, of Garth, Montgomeryshire, father of Mary Cornelia Vane Tempest, née Edwards (d. 1906), m. 1846 to George, 5th Marquess of Londonderry] pasted over previous owner's inscription, partly visible in v.3. Binding: late eighteenth-century tree calf; gilt tooled spines; recessed cords; gilt lettered and numbered black spine labels. Remnants of red wax on pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Jean-Henri Castéra (1749-1838) William Tooke (1744-1820)