{"product_id":"rekhviashvili-m-imereti-in-the-18th-century-essays-imereti-xviii-saukuneshi-first-edition-1982-in-georgian","title":"Rekhviashvili, M. Imereti in the 18th Century: Essays (Imereti XVIII Saukuneshi). First edition, 1982. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eრეხვიაშვილი, მიხეილ. იმერეთი XVIII საუკუნეში : ნარკვევები.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა, 1982. 351 გვერდი : 10 ფურცელი ილუსტრაცია ; 21 სანტიმეტრი.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი გამომცემლის ყდა, ღია ტილო, მუქი ოქროსფერი ასოებით. ტირაჟი 10 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eRekhviashvili, Mikheil. Imereti in the 18th Century: Essays. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, 1982. 351 pp., with 10 leaves of plates; 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's hardcover: light beige cloth, lettered in dark gilt. Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: light wear at head and tail of spine, corners lightly bumped. Text block very good: leaves clean and tight, no losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA study of the political history of the western Georgian Kingdom of Imereti during the eighteenth century, by the historian Mikheil Rekhviashvili (b. 1926), a specialist in the medieval and early modern history of western Georgia whose career-long project traced the fortunes of the Imeretian kingdom across three centuries, from his 1976 study of the sixteenth century through this 1982 volume to a further expanded synthesis published in 1989. The book covers the turbulent reign of King Solomon I of Imereti and his prolonged struggle to unify western Georgia and resist Ottoman domination — including the decisive battle of Khresili — as well as the kingdom's shifting diplomatic orientation toward the Russian Empire in the second half of the century, a policy that culminated in the incorporation of Imereti into Russia in 1810. Illustrated with ten plates depicting historical monuments and fortifications of the region (including village churches and bell towers of Racha and Samegrelo), the volume remains a standard reference for the political history of pre-annexation western Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44534565929002,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_7354.jpg?v=1783285443","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/rekhviashvili-m-imereti-in-the-18th-century-essays-imereti-xviii-saukuneshi-first-edition-1982-in-georgian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}