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Amsterdam, aux dépens de l'Auteur, 1772. 8vo. 4 leaves. 195 pages. LXXVI pages. (1 blank leaf). Half-calf, ornamented flat spine (later binding circa 1840). First Edition. Despite his unorthodox life the French adventurer Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was one of the most notable figures in French Enlightenment thought. "Origine des Russes, grandeur de l'Empire, première cause de sa foiblesse", "Que les premiers Russes n'avoient point de forme de gouvernement", "Dépopulation", "Des Czars", "Du Despotisme Russe; qu'il étoit étranger au climat, des maux qu'il causa",, "Révolution causée par le changement du dogme", "Des premières guerres Russes", "Pourquoi l'Empire subsista malgré les causes qui devoient le faire périr", etc. The eulogy of Catherine II occupies the seventy-six pages numbered separately at the end of the volume. Important work that has become rare on the market.