De l'analyse de la force

Title: De l'analyse de la force

Author: Galitzine, Eudoxie

Publication: Paris: Imprimerie de A. Henry, 1845.

Description: A metaphysical and mystical work by Princess Eudoxie Galitzine (Evdokia Golitzyna, 1780-1850), otherwise known as "Princesse Nocturne", due to her propensity for remaining in bed all day and rising only at night. 3 parts in 1 volume, with separate title pages. Illustrated with diagrams throughout and four full-page black-and-white plates. Bound in quarter leather with brown cloth over boards, with spine tooled in blind and gilt. 9 x 5.5 inches; pt. 1: 49, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates; pt. 2: XV, [2], 4-92 pages, [1] leaf of plates; pt. 3: [4], X, 448 pages, [2] leaves of plates. Contemporary bookseller's annotations and tipped-in note on front endpaper. Scattered corrections to the text and drawings of crowns in ink and pencil, presumably by the author, according to bookseller's note. Binding with rather worn spine and edges and interior with light foxing. About Very Good. Princess Evdokia (Avdotia) Ivanovna Golitsyna (1780-1850) was daughter of the Earl I. M. Izmailov and Duchess A. B. Yusupova. In 1799 she married the aristocrat Prince Sergei Golitsyn, but the two soon separated with the prince remaining in Moscow and the princess moving to Saint Petersburg. She was known for her salons in St. Petersburg, attended by writers like A.S. Pushkin. Her interests in metaphysics, mathematics, and mysticism resulted in this work. M.C. Ladrague in "Le Bibliophile Belge" (1874) notes that the three parts of this work likely first appeared in Saint Petersburg. Not in Worldcat.