1882 Louis XV Et Elisabeth De Russie 18th Century Franco-Russian Relations Leath

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Louis XV Et Elisabeth De Russie; Etude Sur Les Relations De La France Et De La Russie Au Dix-Huitieme Siecle, DApres Les Archives Du Ministere Des Affaires Etrangeres Par Albert Vandal Paris, E. Plon Et Cie, 1882. 1st Edition. Description: xv, 446 p. 24 cm. Bound in original cloth-backed marbled boards with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Condition: Quarter leather binding. Green marbled boards. About 9" x 6". 458 pages, with one page of advertisements. Binding is good although I note a crack between a front end page and the title page. . Foxing throughout. See photos. Diplomatic history of Franco-Russian relations focusing on the lifetimes of and relationship between Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774) and Elizabeth, Empress of Russia (1709-1762). Albert Count Vandal (7 July 1853, Paris — 30 August 1910, Paris) was a French historian, born in Paris. He wrote: En karriole � travers la Suède et la Norvège (1876), Louis XV et Elizabeth de Russie (1882), Ambassade française en Orient sous Louis XV (1887), Napoléon et Alexandre Ier (three volumes, 1894-97), awarded the Vaubert prize. Also Les voyages du Marquis de Noutel (1901), L'avènement de Bonaparte (1902). Vandal was elected to the French Academy in 1897, and he succeeded his teacher and friend, Albert Sorel as professor at the school of political science. I will gladly answer read more