LOMONOSSOW Michel Histoire de la Russie, depuis l’origine de la nation Russe, jusqu’à la mort du grand-duc Jaroslaw Premier. Traduite de l’allemand, par M. E***.

First edition of the French translation, based on the German translation, of Drevnaia rossiiskai istoriia (St Petersburg 1766) by the famous scientist and founding father of Moscow University.

"Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was the first Russian scientist-naturalist of universal importance. He was a poet who laid the foundation of modern Russian literary language, an artist, an historian and an advocate of development of domestic education, science and economy. In 1748 he founded the first Russian chemical laboratory at the Academy of Sciences. On his initiative the Moscow University was founded in 1755" (Russiapedia).

The maps show Southern Russia and Northern Russia.

Small stain or light scuffing.