RAKOWIECKI Ignacy Benedykt (1783-1839), The Russian Truth or the Laws of Grand Duke Yaroslav Vladimirovich

The Russian Truth or the Laws of Grand Duke Yaroslav Vladimirovich

tudzież traktaty Olga y Igor WW. XX. Kiioskich with the Greek emperors y Mstislav Davidovich X. Smolensk with Riga contained, whose texta, besides with Polish translation precedes rys historyczny zwyczaiów, obyczaiów, religiy, praw y języka dawnych słowiańskich y słowiańsako-ruskich narodow przez (...). Volume 1-2. Warsaw 1820-1822 . w Drukarni XX. Piiars. 22.5 cm, pp. [8], XVI, [2], 277, [1]; XII, 320, 1 fold-out table, bound in period leather with gilt on front and spine.
Wear to binding and spine, inscription "Prize 1842" on face of binding of both volumes. Few characteristic. rust spots on pages. Good condition. Collection of the most ancient monuments of Slavic legislation. A work famous in its time, containing easy-to-read translations of the texts along with their original wording of three Slavic treaties: from 912 and 1228, and a set of laws from the beginning of the 11th century, the so-called Russian Truths ( the laws granted by Yaroslav I to Novgorod the Great). A significant part of the work is a treatise by the author of translations I. B. Rakovetsky on cultural and social relations of the ancient Slavs. At the end of vol. 1go a list of the rulers of Russia from Rurik I to Peter the Great, at the end of vol. 2-nd spread of tables with alphabet, numerals and explanations. rare.