ZABEL EUGENIUS
CATHERINE II TSARINA OF RUSSIA
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
Authorized translation by Tadeusz Dropiowski
Cieszyn 1931, Printing and Bookbinding House, pp [4] 344, format: 16x23.5 cm
HARDCOVER PUBLISHER'S DECORATIVE LINEN BINDING. STRIKINGLY DECORATED SPINE. UPPER PAGE TRIM STAINED
From the preface: "About no woman, probably, have the judgments of contemporaries been so divergent and contradictory as about Catherine II, Tsarina of Russia, who sat on the throne of the tsars from 1762 to 1796, that is, more than 33 years. While some raised her to the skies and had not enough words of praise and admiration for Catherine the Great, others called her a monster in a human body and a harlot on the throne."
Cont. among others: Dreams of a Princess. An important resolution, On the road to the realization of dreams. The spirit of Peter the Great, The upbringing of the Grand Duchess, The coup d'état and the conquest of the crown, Murder to perpetuate the throne, Catherine protector of science and art, Diderot's farewell to Catherine, Theater and the Hermitage, In the bonds of sensuality.
BDB condition/ ownership stamp, otherwise BEAUTIFUL pieces.
