Author: LACROIX, Frédéric. Transl. G.A. Gabrielli.
Title: [Les mystères de la Russie]. Condizioni intime e misteriose della Russia tratte da documenti autentici [by Frédéric Lacroix]. Versione libera di G.A.G. [i.e. G.A. Gabrielli].
Description: Torino: Bazzarini e Savallo, 1855. 8vo. 169p. Frontispiece portrait of Alexander II. 19th-century paper-covered boards, a little dusty and worn at edges and corners with ink stain on front board. Manuscript spine title. ***** The text is divided into nine chapters: Despotism of the Czar, Character of the Russians, Religion and clergy, Administration, Law and justice and Siberian penal colonies, Serfdom, Army, Navy, Russian expansionist policies and foreign affairs. The text - anti-Russian throughout - ends just before the outbreak of the Crimean War (October 1853). According to the British Library catalogue, this is a translation by G.A. Gabrielli of "Les mystères de la Russie" by Frédéric Lacroix.

Keywords: Russia, antiquarian


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