75/3310 [Russia]. Catherine II, the Great. Nakaz (...) o sočinenii proekta Novogo Uloženija. Instructio (...) ad conficiendam ideam Novi Legum Codicis. Instruction (...) zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buch. Instruction pour la Commission chargée de dresser le projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. St. Petersburg, Imperial Academy Press, 1770, (8),403p., 4 (2x diff.) engr. text ills., Russian, Latin, German and French text in 4 columns, contemp. calf, 4to.

- Final text lvs. sl. waterst. and mouldy; occas. sl. yellowed and fingersoiled. Binding rubbed and sl. worn.

= SK Russkoi Knigi XVIII v. I, 2151; Camus 3301. In 1767, Catherine appointed a special commission tasked with the construction of a new legal code. The Nakaz (Instruction) was meant to serve as a guideline for the commission. Part of the 655 articles is directly derived from the writings of Montesquieu and Cesare Beccaria. It can be seen as a first incentive towards a form of enlightened despotism in Russia.