Hardcover volume, 17 x 14 cm; bound in red buckram with gilt lettering in geometrical frame, black label with gilt lettering and fillets to flat spine. Print run 150,000 copies.
Collation: 18 2-1316, i.e. 200 leaves plus 8 plates incl. frontispiece portrait of the author, pp. [2] 3-397 [3].
Title-page (red and black): МОНТЕСКЬЁ | ПЕРСИДСКИЕ | ПИСЬМА | {fleuron} | — | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МОСКВА • 1956 ||
Title verso: MONTESQUIEU | LETTRES PERSIANES | 1721 | Перевод с французского | под редакцией | Е. А. ГУНСТА | Вступительная статья | С. Д. АРТАМОНОВА ||
Contributors:
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (French, 1689–1755) – author
Артамонов, Сергей Дмитриевич (Russian, 1915 – 1989) – author preface
Гунст, Евгений Анатольевич (Russian, 1901 – 1983) – translator
Additional Information
| Collection | French history, art, literature , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | Russia , USSR |
| Language | Russian |
| Media/Technique | Wove paper |
| Subject | Epistolary novel , French literature , Letters , Literature , Philosophy , Translation into Russian |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Buckram , Hardcover |
| Size | 16mo |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1956 |
| Acquisition year | 2019 |
