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Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1355749204ISBN 13: 9781355749202
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018449019ISBN 13: 9781018449012
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357157274ISBN 13: 9781357157272
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: London: Richard Bentley, 1838., 1838
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
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2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii, 275; vii, 228. with half-title in Vol. II, none required in Vol. I. 5 engraved portraits. 2 folding lithographed plans of Moscow & St. Petersburg. original blind-stamped cloth (spines faded & some staining to upper cover of Vol. I, a few gatherings sprung in Vol I, Volume II unopened). First Edition. The author distinguished himself during the Peninsular Wars, acted as the Duke of Wellington's Adjutant-General in 1809-12, and served as ambassador to Vienna, 1814-23. "The marquis hoped to be appointed as ambassador to Russia but was disappointed in his ambition. In 1836-37 he traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Odessa as a guest of his friends among the nobility. His account describes the social life of his hosts, their games, summer sports, entertainment and other activities." (Nerhood). He also comments on architecture, government, the Imperial Academy, the military, trade and commerce, mining, and the Russian North American colonies. On his way to Russia he visited France, Holland, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden, remarks on which are also provided. Nerhood 203.
Verlag: N. p. o. d.
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
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8vo. 1 page. "[.] Information [.] I shall be glad to hear from you before 2 Oct. [.]". - The long-serving military officer Vane, stationed in the Netherlands, on the Danube and the Rhine, became British ambassador in Vienna in 1814, took part in the Congress of Vienna and temporarily withdrew from politics in the early 1820s. Almost a decade and a half later he was ambassador in St. Petersburg. In 1852, after the death of Wellington, whose pallbearer he had been, he was awarded the Order of the Garter. - Traces of old mounting on the verso; slight brownstaining and fingerstaining.