[CATHERINE II (1729-1796; Empress of Russia). - Code of Catherine. Instructions addressed by Her Majesty the Empress of all the Russias to the commission established to work on the project of a new code of laws. Translated from the German [by Jean Rodolphe Frey des Landres] - Yverdon, aux dépends de la Société Typographique, 1769 - In-12 of 286-(1) pp; marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, fleurons and motifs, gilt fillet on the edges (period binding). One of two editions published in 1769 in the translation of Jean-Rodolphe Frey des Landres (1727-1799). A fine copy.