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Rare and modern books

Gurowski, Count A. De

Russia as it is

New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1854,

30.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)
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Author
Gurowski, Count A. De
Publishers
New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1854
Keyword
Russia
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo. pp. 312, [4]ads. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine faded, First Edition. Gurowski took an active part in the 1830 Polish revolution and was condemned to death in absentia. After publishing La VeritÈ sur la Russie in 1835, in which he advocated a panslavic union, Gurowski was pardoned by the Russian authorities. In 1849 he emigrated to the United States, where he wrote the prophetic Russia As It Is.