Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg: Particularly Towards the End of the Reign of Catharine II. and the Commencement of That of Paul I., Forming a Description of the Manners of Petersburg at the Close of the Eighteenth Century

Title: Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg: particularly towards the end of the reign of Catharine II. and the commencement of that of Paul I., forming a description of the manners of Petersburg at the close of the eighteenth century; ... Translated from the French. [A translation of C. F. P. Masson's "Me?moirs secrets sur la Russie".]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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Anonymous; Masson, Charles François Philibert;
1800.
2 vol. ; 8º.
10290.cc.35.