77/2750 [Russia]. (Castéra, J.H. de). Vie de Catherine II, Impératrice de Russie. Paris, F. Buisson, 1797, 2 vols., (4),IV,427; 467p., 6 engr. portaits by A. TARDIEU, contemp. unif. gilt green boards w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Hole in frontispiece in 2nd vol. closed w. paper on verso. Backstrips worn. Good/ fine copy.

= First major biography of Catherine the Great, written by one of the historiographers at Catherine's court in St. Petersburg. Cat. (...) des Russica C184; Hayn/ Gotendorf III, p.524; Gay/ Lemonnyer III, p.1335.