Russia as it is
Rare and modern books
Gurowski, Count A. De
New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1854,
Russia as it is
Rare and modern books
Gurowski, Count A. De
New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1854,
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Details
- Author
- Gurowski, Count A. De
- Publishers
- New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1854
- Keyword
- Russia
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
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.
