Institutions for the administration of the provinces of the All-Russian Empire. [St. Petersburg, type. Acad. Sciences, 1776].

205x130 mm. [11], 313, [10] c.
In Russian.
Contemporary full calf, marbled endpapers, on the spine there is a leather sticker “Establishment of Catherine II”.
“At the end of the book on 10 unnumbered pages: “An exemplary state of the Tver province ...” and “State on the number of military ranks ... in the governorship of Tver ...”. States signed on December 1, 1775. At the last non numbered page imprint of the publication from which the present is reprinted: “Printed in Moscow under the Senate”. Place of printing and printing house indicated by I.G. Buckmaster." (SK XVIII 7656).
From the library of the famous Russian historian V.A. Bilbasov, author of the fundamental work "The History of Catherine the Second". (Paper stickers on the cover and flyleaf). Stamp seal of the Vienna University and stamp Doublette.
Condition: near fine.
SK XVIII 7656; Sopikov 12343; Buckmeister IV, p. 183-216.