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
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3232239.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2, plate : port. ; 8vo. Provenance: armorial bookplate, lettered "William Lukin" [i.e. Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (1768 –1833)]. The first and second free endpapers have been pasted together to hide the inscription of "Anne Thellusson" [i.e. Anne (Lukin) Windham, née Thellusson (1775-1849)]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet borders; five false bands; gilt on spine; gilt lettered & numbered black spine labels: Life of Catharine II.
Makers and roles
Jean-Henri Castéra (1749-1838) William Tooke (1744-1820)