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Marie Menzikof et Fédor Dolgorouki : histoire russe, en forme de lettres / traduit de l'allemand ... par Mme. Isabelle de Montolieu.

Accession number
PML 199166.1-3
Creator
Lafontaine, August Heinrich Julius, 1758-1831. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcBX6jd8Vd9P3DpXMWFKd
Published
Paris : Chez Gosset, 1804.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2024.
Notes
A translation of Lafontaine's Fedor und Marie, oder Treue bis zum Tode.
Montolieu has transformed her copy into 3 volumes and added some corrections, renumbering, with a small amount of text provided in manuscript, suggesting the possibility that the Morgan's copy is her maquette for the 3-volume edition published in London by Deconchy.
Description
2 volumes in 3 ; 15.4 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
With some corrections and manuscript additions; inscribed on verso of half-title, v.1 & 3: Bibliothèque de Mme de Montolieu.
Provenance
From the library of Isabelle de Montolieu.
Binding
Contemporary half sheep with speckled paper sides; leather spine label, stamped and lettered in gold.
Classification
Department