Code of catherine (3 risultati)

First Edition. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. Attractive Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. [vii], 229 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Later patterned-paper covered boards, calf lettering piece to spine, patterned endpapers. Minor wear to spine ends and corners, front joint starting at ends. Negligible light toning to text, dampstaining to bottom and fore-edges of text block, very faint in most places, in preliminaries somewhat darker. A nice copy. $1,250. * Second Dutch edition. This important text, also known as the Nakaz, or Instruction, is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment, and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire, Montesquieu and Beccaria, it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria, Frederick the Great and Voltaire, the Nakaz proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of the death penalty and torture. Unfortunately, her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French, and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition, in Dutch translation, was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries (Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley). Butler, The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 (entry 28). Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. (illustratore).…

First Edition. Amsterdam, 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Scarce Early French-Language Edition of Catherine the Great's Landmark Legal Treatise, Issued by Marc-Michel Rey, The Premier Publisher of the Enlightenment Catherine II [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. [vii], 229 pp. Frontispiece engraved copperplate medallion portrait of Catherine II by C.A. Boily. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 19.68 x 12.06 cm). Contemporary mottled calf, blind rules to boards, gilt spine with lettering piece, edges rouged, marbled endpapers. A few minor scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends worn, front joint starting at ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text, dampstaining and light foxing to a few leaves, internally clean. An attractive copy. $1,250. * Second Dutch edition. Known universally as the Nakaz (or Instruction), this monument of legal philosophy was composed by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766 as a guiding manual for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened in 1767. Intended to replace the outdated Sobornoye Ulozheniye (1649 Muscovite Code), the treatise stands as one of the most prominent practical applications of Enlightenment jurisprudence in early modern Europe. Heavily influenced by Montesquieu's De l'Esprit des Lois and Beccaria's Dei Delitti e Delle Pene, the text translates radical legal theories into imperial policy. It explicitly advocated for equal protection under the law for all citizens, abolition of torture and strict limitation of the death penalty, prevention of crime over retributive punishment, and judicial proportion between crimes and penalties. Catherine drafted the original text in French and subsequently produced a Russian translation. Following the initial 1767 Moscow printings in Russian and German, regional editions proliferated across Europe. The text was famously banned in France by Louis XV due to its radical political liberalism-a censorship event that only increased continental demand. The first Dutch edition was published in Dutch translation in 1769. This 1771 imprint by Marc-Michel Rey represents the first Dutch edition printed in the original French. Publishing from Amsterdam, Rey was the principal printer for ra. Amsterdam, 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. (illustratore). …

First Edition. Early French-Language Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. [Landres, J. Rodolphe Frey de, Translator]. Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste L'Imperatrice de Toutes les Russies: A la Commission Etablie Pour Travailler a L'Execution du Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Lois. Traduit de l'Allemand. "A Petersbourg" [i.e. Yverdon, Switzerland]: [s.n.], 1769. 286 pp. 12mo. (6" x 4"). Early quarter vellum over marbled boards, untrimmed edges, a few unopenened signatures. Light soiling, corners lightly bumped and worn. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, some leaves have light foxing, a few have light dampstaining to margins, internally clean. Ex-library with a small inkstamp to title page. A handsome copy. $1,000. * Reissue of the first edition in French, published by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences for private distribution in 1769. This important text, also known as the Nakaz, or Instruction, is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment, and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire, Montesquieu and Beccaria, it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria, Frederick the Great and Voltaire, the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately, her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French, and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. The book was initially banned in France because it was too liberal, which is why the first French-language edition was produced in Switzerland (with a false imprint). French and Latin editions were eventually published in 1770. OCLC locates 6 copies of this imprint in North American law libraries (Columbia, George Washington University, Harvard, Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley, Yale). Butler, The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 531 (Entry 40).…