[BANKS, John]. The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great. London: J. Hodges. 1740.
Small 8vo. Contemporary full polished calf; pp. [iv], 346, [14, index], engraved portrait-frontispiece; wear to extremities, occasional light spotting or toning internally, old ownership inscriptions (one partly erased) to title-page; a good copy of an uncommon book.
First edition of this biography of the Russian Emperor who changed the country for ever, written by a prolific poet, journalist and biographer.
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