Waliszewski Kazimierz - Catherine II [Poznan 1929].

Poznan 1929/ Polish publisher R.Wegner/ 15.5x24cm/s.XV,365/ copperplate engravings on separate pages and on frontispiece/ bookbinding, half canvass, gilded titling on spine/ very good condition-, dust-cuts on upper cut of pages, ownership stamp on title page, no publisher's cover

Kazimierz Waliszewski (born November 19, 1849 in Goly, died 1935 in Paris) - Polish and French historian, writer and publicist. He gained recognition as an author of publications on Russian history, and his book on Catherine II was awarded the French Academy Prize and received numerous editions (in 1909 the ninth edition) and translations. [source: Wikipedia]