[CATHERINE THE GREAT IN THE BULAQ COLLECTION] Tevârîh-i Katerina: Icmal-i eva'il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya. Translated by Yakovaki, (1774-1850)

JEAN-HENRI CASTERA, (1749-1838), Matbaâtü Sâhîbi'l-Fütuhâti'l-Bâhire, Bulaq, Cairo, [AH 1246] = 1830 AD. Original boards over handsome brown spine with gilt decorations in European style. A contemporary label on the front board has a manuscript title of book. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [10], 225, [1] p. Early Bulaq imprint, a highly rare translation of the French biography of Catherine the Great by Marquis Jean-Henri Castéra, who was a French diplomat, and traveler, who gathered much of the original information while on diplomatic service in Saint Petersburg, titled "Vie de Catherine II, Impératrice de Russie" [i.e. The life of Catharine II, Empress of Russia], published in two volumes in Paris in 1797. Castera's book "The History of the Reigns of Peter III and Catharine II of Russia" gave detailed biographical information about Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, including the events during the First and Second Russo-Turkish