Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1729.
8vo. In contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities and some of gilting to spine worn off. Title-page in red and black. Ex-libris (Carl Juel, Danish statesman and owner of Valdemar's Castle) to verso of front board. (6), 613, (5) pp. + 3 folded plates and 1 frontispiece.
Second edition of this biography of Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great, Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727. Barbier & Billard II, 219
Provenance: From a large Danish estate.
Order-nr.: 60602