PÖLITZ, Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1772-1838). Die Constitutionen der europäischen Staaten seit den lezten 25 Jahren . Leipzig and Altenburg: R.A. Brockhaus, 1817.
PÖLITZ, Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1772-1838). Die Constitutionen der europäischen Staaten seit den lezten 25 Jahren . Leipzig and Altenburg: R.A. Brockhaus, 1817. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 122mm). Half-titles. (Without the first blank, some spotting, occasional browning, a few short tears.) Half calf, spines in compartments tooled in blind and gilt (corners rubbed, light wear). Provenance : Alexander II of Russia (bookplate in each volume). FIRST EDITION. ALEXANDER II'S COPY of Pölitz's best known of his very many publications, a pioneering comparative survey of the fundamental laws and constitutions recently introduced in America and the various European states. The subject of consitutional reform was particularly dear to Alexander II, the 'Tsar-Liberator'. Initially conceived in two volumes, as here, though two further volumes were published in 1820 and 1825. (2)
PÖLITZ, Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1772-1838). Die Constitutionen der europäischen Staaten seit den lezten 25 Jahren . Leipzig and Altenburg: R.A. Brockhaus, 1817.
PÖLITZ, Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1772-1838). Die Constitutionen der europäischen Staaten seit den lezten 25 Jahren . Leipzig and Altenburg: R.A. Brockhaus, 1817. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 122mm). Half-titles. (Without the first blank, some spotting, occasional browning, a few short tears.) Half calf, spines in compartments tooled in blind and gilt (corners rubbed, light wear). Provenance : Alexander II of Russia (bookplate in each volume). FIRST EDITION. ALEXANDER II'S COPY of Pölitz's best known of his very many publications, a pioneering comparative survey of the fundamental laws and constitutions recently introduced in America and the various European states. The subject of consitutional reform was particularly dear to Alexander II, the 'Tsar-Liberator'. Initially conceived in two volumes, as here, though two further volumes were published in 1820 and 1825. (2)
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