Original edition of a work written at the request of the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great, for the education of the Grand Duke, the future Emperor Paul I. Owner manuscripts (and stamps) on the cover page and at the beginning of the third part: Sophie Potocka - Biblioteka Tulczynska. Copy with mild acidity but generally clean. Good bindings of the time, entire calf, with elegant smooth spines, gilt decorated neoclassic irons.