Noël-Laurent PISSOT
Précis historique sur les Cosaques, nation sous la domination des Russes : leur origine, établissement et accroissement ; leur grandeur et abaissement ; leurs moeurs et usages[Historical précis on the Cossacks, a nation under Russian rule: their origin, establishment and expansion; their rise and decline; their customs and manners]
J. Moronval|Paris 1812|13 x 20.5 cm|Broché
Rare first edition.
Our copy is preserved disbound.
The sole edition of this uncommon pamphlet issued in the context of the Russian Campaign: "Ce Précis historique sur les Cosaques ne pouvait paraître dans une circonstance plus favorable que dans le moment où la Russie est devenue le théâtre de la guerre".
The son of the Paris bookseller Noël-Jacques Pissot (1724–1804), Noël-Laurent Pissot (1748–1815) at first followed in his father’s footsteps: admitted to the booksellers’ guild on 19 April 1768, he worked chiefly in partnership with him and specialised in the publication and sale of works in English or translated from the English. From July 1797 he
€500