La Russie des tsars pendant la Grande Guerre [two volumes]

Paléologue, Maurice (1859-1944)

1921, First Edition. Paris : Plon-Nourrit et Cie. Very good copies in contemporary quarter red leather over red cloth boards. Spines gilt-tooled with raised bands, now slightly sun-toned and showing moderate wear to the joints and endbands. Top edges gilt. Text blocks remains tight and clean, with crisp folding matter, and showing gentle age-toning to the margins. A well-preserved set overall. Item #463095

Physical description; 2 volumes : plates, portraits, folded map, facsimile ; 22 cm. Notes; Volumes 2 and 3 of 3; the former covers 3 June 1915-18 August 1916, the latter 19 August 1916-17 May 1917. Aquarelles de G. Loukomsky (Georgy Kreskentievich Lukomsky, 1884-1952). Maurice Paléologue was the French ambassador to Russia from 1914 to 1917; his memoirs provide a firsthand account of the Russian court, the war effort, and the revolutions of 1917. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Russia. World War, 1914-1918 Diplomatic history. Ambassadors France Diaries. France Foreign relations Russia. Russia Foreign relations France. Russia History Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Russia Social conditions 1801-1917. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. Loukomsky, G. (Georgy) 1884-1952.

Price: €85.00