Voltaire
Histoire de L'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand. [Geneva: Cramer], 1759 [1760]-63. 8vo (2 vols). Full mottled calf, boards ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering-piece in one, lettered directly in one, others with gilt floral panel, gilt roll-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; vignettes to titles, title in I printed in red and black, decorative head- and tail-pieces, two folding maps, hand-coloured in outline, in I (short tear to inner margin on first, affecting plate). First ed.
Bonneval Claude Alexandre count de [Humbaracht Ahmet Pacha] [spurious]
Memoirs of the Bashaw Count Bonneval, from his Birth to his Death: shewing, the motives which induced him to quit the Service and Dominions of France; his Entrance into and sudden Rise in the Imperial Armies; his Exploits in Italy, Hungary, &c. his Quarrel with the Marquis de Prie, and its Consequences; the true Cause of his Disgrace at the Court of Vienna; and the Reasons which occasioned him to seek an Azylum amongst the Turks; with his various Fortunes, while in the Service of the Porte. E. Withers et al, 1750. 8vo, full calf; port. frontis. First ed.