Georges Etienne François Le Cointe de Laveau [Georges-Etienne LECOINTE DE LAVEAU]

Description de Moscou, contenant tout ce que cette capitale offre de curieux et d'intéressant ; ses monumens les plus remarquables ; ses établissemens, ses administrations ; sa topographie, sa statistique, son commerce, etc. ; précédée d'un précis historique et sommaire des grands princes et tsars de l'ancienne principauté de Moscou, et suivie de la description des environs de la ville et des couvents de Jérusalem et de la Trinité, etc., etc. 2me édition considérablement augmentée. Plan de Moscou accompagné d'un texte explicatif

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[Description of Moscow, comprising all that is curious and of interest in this capital city: its most remarkable monuments; its institutions and public administrations; its topography, statistics, commerce, etc.; preceded by a concise historical summary of the grand princes and tsars of the former principality of Moscow, and followed by a description of the environs of the city and of the monasteries of Jerusalem and of the Trinity, etc., etc. Second edition, considerably enlarged. Plan of Moscow with explanatory text]

Auguste SEMEN|Moscow 1835|14 x 22.2 cm|2 volumes brochés

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Second edition, in large part original as it is substantially enlarged (Tulard, 876, for the editions of 1814 and 1818).

Our copy remains sewn in the original plain temporary wrappers.

Backstrips slightly split, a few scattered spots of foxing.

The first volume is illustrated with 4 plates outside the text (including a frontispiece and a folding plan), together with 5 folding tables; the second with 2 engraved plates, one folding table, and, at the end of the volume, a further large folding plan.

This very scarce work expands upon a pamphlet first issued in 1814 (Moscou avant et après l’incendie), devoted chiefly to the burning of Moscow in 1812, of which it offers a first-hand account.

In the present edition, that painful recollection has disappeared, giving way entirely to a description of the city’s monuments and institutions.

Lecointe de Laveau (1783–1846), settled in Russia from at least 1806 (the year of his marriage there), was secretary of the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow; he travelled widely throughout the Empire and did not return to France until after 1830.