WALLACE, D(onald) Mackenzie. - La Russie. Le pays - les institutions - les moeurs. Traduit de l'Anglais par H. Bellenger.

Paris, G. Decaux et M. Dreyfous, 1877. 2 volumes. Original half cloth. III,431; 448 pp. First English edition published the same year. - Wallace's book had great success, going through several editions and being translated into many languages. He learned Russian and spent five years in Russia, from 1870-1875. 'His work is a classic treatment that examines every aspect of European Russia, with special emphasis on the rural scene' (Nerhood 302). - The standard authority on Russia before the 1917 revolution.

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