LEGOUVÉ ERNEST (1807-1903) Istoriya nravstvennogo polozheniya zhenshchin; per. s 3-go izd. R* [The History of the Moral Condition of Women; translated from the 3rd edition by R*]. Moscow: published by the Odessa bookseller A. Velikanov, 1862.

389, [1], II pp.; 21.3 x 14.5 cm. In Russian. In a composite period binding. Leather spine with raised bands and gilt tooling, boards covered with marbled paper. In good condition. Scuffing to the spine and boards, minor soiling, a stain in the upper corner of the last pages, traces of damp, foxing. Ownership inscription on the endpaper: ‘Pavlov Boris Alekseevich’. First edition in Russian. Ernest Legouvé (1807-1903) was a French prose writer and playwright, member of the Académie française (1855); he championed women’s rights and compulsory primary education in France.