A VISIT TO ST PETERSBURG 1824-1825.
Translated and edited by Igor Vinogradoff. Pp. 160, endpaper map, index of personal names; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, foxed on flaps (lightly) and reverse (heavier); book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed; Michael Russell, Wilby, Norwich, 1994. First edition. *Journal of Marie Cornelie de Wassenaer (1709-1850), who 'went to Russia as maid of honour to the Princess of Orange-Nassau, youngest sister of Emperor Alexander I. The royal party arrived in St. Petersburg in November 1824, when Cornelie was twenty-five, and stayed with the Imperial family until the following July' [wrapper blurb]. Item #176493
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