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Post guide through Russia, containing an accurate account of the distances from one town to the other, throughout the whole of this large empire
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Post guide through Russia, containing an accurate account of the distances from one town to the other, throughout the whole of this large empire / translated into English from the last Imperial ukase published by the order of the Emperor Alexander, at Moscow by J. Tournier.
Published
London : Printed by T. Denham, 6 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, for J. Hatchard, 190 Piccadilly, and J. M. Richardson, Cornhill, 1812.
Physical Description
xii, 72 p. ; 13 cm.
Notes
P. [iii]: Dedication to Christopher Hely Hutchinson, M. P. (1767-1825) with whom the translator travelled in Russia, probably in 1806-7.
"The translator can assure the public that the following is an accurate translation from the official post book of Russia, having obtained the same from the Post-Master General at Moscow with the different Ukase and Regulations of the post signed by the Emperor Alexander..." -Translator's advertisement on p. [iv].
"Regulations concerning the post through the Empire of Russia"--p. [v]-viii.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2006
Bibliography
Includes index, p. [ix]-xii.
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