Katowice 1931/Nakł. State Publishing Institute/ publisher's binding, green decorated cloth. Spine 4-poly, one field with signboard with titula. Gilded titulature on the front, pasted-in portrait of the Tsarina surrounded by ornaments, all enclosed in embossed bordure. Top edges of pages stained/ 15,5x23,5cm/ p.344, [3]/ illustrations on separate boards/ very good condition, minor soiling of bottom edges of pages, minor browning on side edges of pages
Compiled and translated by Prof. Tadeusz Dropiowski
The cover was designed by Prof.Emil Wyrobek
From the preface: "Probably about no woman have the judgments of contemporaries been so divergent and contradictory as about Catherine II, the Russian tsarina, who sat on the throne of the tsars from 1762 to 1796, that is, more than 33 years. While some raised her to the skies and did not have enough words of praise and admiration for Catherine the Great, others called her a monster in a human body and a harlot on the throne."
Cont. among others: Dreams of a Princess. An important resolution, On the road to the realization of dreams. The spirit of Peter the Great, The upbringing of the Grand Duchess, The coup d'état and the winning of the crown, Murder to perpetuate the throne, Catherine the protector of science and art, Diderot's farewell to Catherine, Theater and the Hermitage, In the bonds of sensuality.
