KNYAZHNIN YAKOV (1740-1791) Sobranie sochineniy: v 4 t. (Collected Works: in 4 volumes) St. Petersburg: tip. Gornogo uchilishcha, 1787
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T. 1. [8], 256 p.; T. 2. 262 p.; T. 3. 361, [3] p.; T. 4. 256, [2] p.
The four volumes are bound in two books. Composite binding: leather corners and spine with gold embossing, decorative paper, tinted edges. The ex-libris of K.I. Schetnikov on the front flyleaf, and the ex-libris stamp of "Nikolai Nikolaevich Garlov." on the second flyleaf of Vols. 1-2.
The first lifetime edition of the Russian playwright Yakov Knyazhnin, printed by order of Catherine II at the expense of "Her Majesty's Cabinet", entirely for the benefit of the author. Engraved title pages with vignettes.
Bibliography: SK XVIII. No. 2979; Sm.-Sok. Moia biblioteka. No. 133.