‎Volney‎

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎The Ruins Or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires‎

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‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎The Ruins Or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires Afrikaans Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1179460049.G ISBN : 1179460049 9781179460048

‎Volney, Constantin-F‎

‎The Ruins: A survey of the revolutions of empires. Third Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3337273769.G ISBN : 3337273769 9783337273767

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎The Ruins: Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3744666786.G ISBN : 3744666786 9783744666787

‎Volney, Constantin Francois‎

‎Travels Through Syria and Egypt V1: In the Years 1783-1785 1788 in the Years 1783-1785 1788‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 116586648X.G ISBN : 116586648X 9781165866489

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois Volney‎

‎Travels Through Egypt and Syria in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3337245242.G ISBN : 3337245242 9783337245245

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Travels Through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785: Containing The Present Natural and Political State of Those Countries Their . The Manners customs and Government of The‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1017598061.G ISBN : 1017598061 9781017598063

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois Volney‎

‎Travels through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785: Vol. I‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3744756866.G ISBN : 3744756866 9783744756860

‎VOLNEY, Constantin-Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte de‎

‎Travels Through Syria and Egypt In the Years 1783 1784 and 1785‎

‎London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols.: xii 418; iv 500 15 p. 22 cm. 5 engraved fold-out plates including 2 maps. 1. Full tree-calf leather. Corners lightly bumped. Vol. 2. Small dent on bottom of rear board in vol. 1 as well as a bit of soiling to lower edge of text block. Vol. 2 has large horizontal tear in p. 327 chip in third plate and dampstains to front pastedown and inner margins of first pages. Paper bright and clean. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Containing The present Natural and Political State of those Countries their Productions Arts Manufactures and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners Customs and Government of the Turks and Arabs." Volney 1757-1820 was a well-travelled learned man. He embarked on a journey to the Near East in late 1782 and spent nearly seven months in Ottoman Egypt. Afterwards he lived for nearly two years in Greater Syria in what is today Lebanon and Israel in order to learn Arabic. He returned to France in 1785 where he spent the following two years compiling his notes and writing these volumes. He continued to travel in later years being expelled from the U.S.A. as a suspected spy in 1797. It seems his life was always an adventure for he narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution. Of interest in these well-preserved volumes is the account given of the Arabic press at the convent of Marhanna vol. 2 pp. 190-191 with a catalogue of books printed there p. 196. On the macabre side is the extensive discussion of diseases prevalent in Egypt including smallpox blindness cutaneous eruptions plague and Neapolitan Disease which seems to be syphilis vol. 1 pp. 240-258. Indexed. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover‎

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‎Volney, Constantin Francois‎

‎Travels through Syria and Egypt in the years 1783 1784 and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries their productions arts manufactures and commerce; with observations on the manners customs and government .‎

‎London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson Pater-Noster-Row 1788. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Two volumes. I:iv xii 418pp.; II: iv iv 500 xvpp. Second English edition. I: 2 A6 B8-Z8 Aa8-Dd8 Ee2; II: 4 B8-Z8 Aa8-Ii8 Kk2 Ll8. With half-titless to both volumes present. Contemporary calf rehinged at an earlier date. Some scuffing and wear to covers hinges still tender. With two folding maps of Syria and Egypt and two plates of buildings in the two countries plus a folding plan. ESTC T12218. <br/> <br/> London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, 1788 hardcover‎

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‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎uvres Complètes de C.-F. Volney Comte Et Pair de France Membre de l'Académie Française Honoraire de la Société Asiatique Séante A Calcutta Vol. . l'Auteur Classic Reprint French Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0666113629.G ISBN : 0666113629 9780666113627

‎Volney, Constantin Francois‎

‎View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America Etc. Few Ms. Notes.‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1241418179.G ISBN : 1241418179 9781241418175

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America: To Which Are Annexed Some Accounts of Florida the French Colony On the Scioto Certain Canadian Colonies and the Savages Or Natives‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1146564627.G ISBN : 1146564627 9781146564625

‎VOLNEY, Constantin Francois [Trans: JEFFERSON, Thomas]‎

‎Volney's Ruins; or Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires. Translated under the immediate inspection of the Author from the Sixth Paris Edition‎

‎Boston: Charles Gaylord 1835. Early US Edition. Twelvemo. 17cm. Publisher's original linen spine lacking paper title label over decorated publisher's paper covered boards. 216pp. Strong and solid scuffed to the corners with the paper worn allowing the board to show through rubbed and a little battered in places with some light cosmetic fraying to the spine ends and a general unform wear that is oddly not unappealinig; internally foxed in a pale similarly uniform fashion with some truly eccentric oak gall ink inscriptions to the preliminary blanks stating that the book was part of the library of the Transylvania Whig Society of Kentucky and presented by a visiting Englishman the inscriptions seem to serve as a kind of lending record denoting that the book was especially approved of by Kathleen O'Pinkerly who seems to have borrowed it twice; the page block is worn and a little stained but solid and eminently handleable and the rear flyleaf blank is covered with small neat pencil annotations with a corner of the blank torn away. Cosmetically unappealing perhaps but aesthetically rather charming and undeniably a survivor. A very good copy by dint of completeness eccentricity and stubbornness.<br /> <br /> An early US reprint the US first was issued in New York in 1828 by Dixon and Sickles and it is likely there is a Gaylord edition from 1833 with all US imprints being pretty thin on the ground especially with illustrated publisher's boards. This is in addition an uncredited Jefferson-Barlow translation translated with the approval and co-operation of the author by none other than Thomas Jefferson who managed the first 20 chapters or so before distracting himself with political fripperies whereupon it was subsequently completed by Joel Barlow. Of the various translations the Jefferson-Barlow is considered superior by dint of Volney's close relationship with Jefferson their common views and sympathies and frankly the fact that it renders the whole piece rather more poetically than might be found elsewhere. <br /> <br /> Controversial and madly popular it's far more a work of radical philosophy than anything else; like Jefferson Volney was a committed Deist and a firm believer in the separation of church and state for reasons clearly expressed by him through Jefferson in this work. Even more radically for the time he was a propogator of the "Christ Myth" which suggested that there was little or no evidence for the actual existence of Christ as a historical personage and that He was far more likely to be an inspiring assemblage. As might be expected such views were polarizing engendering either inspired revolutionary support or cries of heresy and treason depending upon the reader. The upshot of this and a number of other controversies was that Volney in common with the Founding Fathers not being a man known for keeping his mouth shut was ejected from the United States on more or less invented charges of espionage and his philosophical musings on the ashes of Empires and the sad destiny of mankind somewhat discredited. This had little effect upon the historical importance of Volney's "Ruins" however and it was for example widely embraced by the Romantics and their followers with Shelley having a virtual addiction to its evocative embracing of decay and his wife Mary for reasons of her own making it the text from which Frankentein's monster learned what he could about the nature of mankind and developed a rather stereotypically male interest in the Roman Empire. An unusual edition of an influential and incendiary work. Charles Gaylord unknown‎

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‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Volney's Ruinen oder Betrachtungen uber die Umwälzungen der Reiche‎

‎Philadelphia: F. W. Thomas 1853. Dritte Stereotyp Ausgabe. Hardcover. fair. Sm. 8vo. 220pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth with gold decorated spine. Small plate with "27" handwritten near head of spine. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Wear to edges. Staining and rubbing to boards. Sporadic foxing throughout. Bookplate of school-district on inside of front board and name of the same handwritten on title-page. Ex libris.Text in Gothic script. Binding in fair interior in good condition. Rare. F. W. Thomas hardcover‎

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‎Volney, Constantin‎

‎Volney: The Ruins' and Catechism of Natural Law' Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1108717268.G ISBN : 1108717268 9781108717267

‎Volney, Constantin‎

‎Volney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law' Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : SKU0651907 ISBN : 1108717268 9781108717267

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Voyage en Syrie Et en Égypte Vol. 1 Classic Reprint: Pendant les Années 1783 84 Et 85 French Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0428113362.G ISBN : 0428113362 9780428113360

‎Volney, Constantin Francois [Napoleon Bonaparte: His Copy]‎

‎Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte Pendant Les Annees 1783 84 et 85. Travel to Syria and Egypt During the Years 1783 84 and 85.‎

‎A Paris: Chez Dugour et Durand Libraires Rue et Hotel Serpente 1799. Volney's important work on Egypt and Syria from the library in exile of Napoleon Bonaparte with his annotations and corrections throughout several made as he was dictating details from the Egyptian Campaign for his own Memoirs. This copy may also have accompanied him during his Egyptian Campaigns; it is known that Napoleon brought along a copy of Volney's book to Egypt and it served as the standard reference source for the members of the campaign. Octavo two volumes bound in full contemporary French sprinkled calf with gilt tooling to the spine morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels with 3 engraved folding maps and 5 folding plates. First published in 1787 this important travel account by the renowned French historian orientalist philosopher and politician Constantin Francois de Chasseboeuf comte de Volney 1757-1820 is considered the best exposition of Egypt from Ottoman Syria in the late eighteenth century. It served as a basis for later Egyptian expeditions and many scientists as well as Bonaparte himself took this work with them on their expeditions. His candid descriptions did not romanticize Egypt's history or its contemporary social and political conditions but discussed the ills that plagued the country and explored the military weakness of the Ottoman Empire. Based on his observations Volney discouraged a conquest of Egypt and while he supported his friend Bonaparte politically he declined the invitation to accompany Napoleon's expedition in person. It is known that Napoleon brought along a copy of Volney's book to Egypt and it served as the standard reference source for the members of the campaign. The French campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798--1801 was a Napoleonic campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria executed by Bonaparte. Napoleon proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region. Despite early victories and an initially successful expedition into Syria Napoleon and his Armee d'Orient were eventually defeated and forced to withdraw especially after suffering the defeat of the supporting French fleet by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile. However on a scientific front the expedition was a success that led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone creating the field of Egyptology. This important copy contains numerous annotations in ink and pencil in Bonaparte's hand mostly concerning measurements and other calculations including a heavily annotated folding plate of the pyramids "Vue de Pyramides de Djize" in Vol. I. The first volume contains ink annotations on pages 188 232 272 273 277-79 281 plate at page 229 cited above and map "Carte de la Syrie" at p. 288 outlines drawn in red pencil. The second volume contains mostly pencil annotations on pages 223 225 227 229 272 ink and pencil and 333. These corrections were made by Napoleon as he was dictating details from the Egyptian Campaign for his own Memoirs see provenance below. After Napoleon's death on St. Helena a large portion of his last library was divided by the executors among heirs and friends. The remainder was removed from St. Helena by order of the British Government and sold to the important French bookseller in London Martin Bossange. The lots that failed to sell almost half were quickly consigned by Bossange to Sotheby's and sold on 23 July 1823. The lengthy catalogue entry for the present lot in the Sotheby's catalogue reads: "This Work is one of the most interesting books that has occurred for sale for many years. Most persons are aware that Napoleon wrote very little but dictated to his favorite Generals Bertrand Montholon and Count Las Casas. The Egyptian Campaign which forms a part of two volumes just published of his Memoirs have been dictated from these volumes: he has taken notice of the most trifling error in the book; hence the many CORRECTIONS BY HIM. The Plate at page 229 vol. i is entirely covered with his hand writing. This unique Book forms an historical document which will be looked at with a mixture of pleasure and pain by the admirers of so great a man." Provenance: Napoleon I each title-page with circular hand-stamp in brown ink from Napoleon's library at Longwood House on St. Helena; and with his numerous ink annotations to plates and text in both volumes; Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce bookplates; and with a note from his grandson regarding this copy: "These two volumes of 'Volnay's Voyages' which belonged to Napoleon the first were understood to have accompanied him during his Egyptian Campaigns and contain many notes in his the Emperor's handwriting. My grandfather the late Lord Justice Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce of Roehampton Priory purchased these books presumably about 1821-2 when they were sent to England from St. Helena for sale. They being in Napoleon's possession there until his death in 1821." In very good condition with splitting to the spine and joints small section of leather torn from the upper cover of Vol. II; some wear to extremities. Occasional pale spotting internally final blank leaves 30/8 of both volumes removed presumably at the time of binding. First map in Vol. I with small marginal tear repaired near gutter margin second and third maps each with 2-inch tear repaired at gutter a few other plates with small marginal tears or reinforcements. Housed in a custom full crushed levant morocco clamshell box by Riviere & Son. Third edition revised and corrected. An exceptional piece of history with fascinating provenance. Chez Dugour et Durand, Libraires, Rue et Hotel Serpente hardcover‎

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‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Voyage En Syrie Et En Egypte V1: Pendant Les Annees 1783-1785 1787‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1104668602.G ISBN : 1104668602 9781104668600

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Voyage En Égypte Et En Syrie Pendant Les Années 1783 1784 Et 1785: Suivi De Considérations Sur La Guerre Des Russes Et Des Turks Publées En 1788 Et 1789; Volume 1 French Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1144609968.G ISBN : 1144609968 9781144609960

‎Volney, Constantin Francois‎

‎Voyage En Syrie Et En Egypte V1: Pendant Les Annees 1783-1785 1787 French Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1165935279.G ISBN : 1165935279 9781165935277

‎Volney, Constantin-Francois‎

‎Voyage En Syrie Et En Egypte Pendant Les Années 1783 1784 & 1785 Volume 1. French Edition‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1018647228.G ISBN : 1018647228 9781018647227

‎Volney, Constantin Francois Chasseboeuf, comte de, 1757-1820‎

‎Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les Annees 1783 1784 et 1785.‎

‎Paris 1787. 1st ed. in octavo. Hardcover. Fair. 2 vols. 2 folding maps plan and 2 folding plates ix 10-14 2 383 6 2 458 4p. Mismatched bindings Vol. 1 in a modern Greek quarterbinding; Vol. 2 in worn old leather. 20cm. Circular "Hoyt Public Library" stamp at base of both title-pages. Vol. 1 Tome Premier is sound and attractive with both maps still crisp and unworn. Vol. 2 Tome Seconde is quite worn binding heavily worn; joints splitting; the folding plate of the Temple at Baalbek is split at one of the folds and has remnants of yellowed tape along that fold to repair the split; Binding is almost completely split between pages 222 and 223. French text. The half-titles were not preserved in these volumes but this set is otherwise complete. This first edition was also published in a seldom seen larger format about 26cm. quarto edition. hardcover‎

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‎VOLNEY, C–F [Constantin Francois de Chasseboeuf]‎

‎Travels Through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785. Vol. II‎

‎London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. First English-language edition translated from the French. Volume II only of two. Octavo. iii ii-iv 1 2-500 16 index and errata pp. Illustrated with three fold-out engravings as called for: ruins of Palmyra in Syria following the table of contents "Plan of the Temple of the Sun at Balbec" between pages 232-3 and "View of the Square Court of the Temple of the Sun at Balbec" between pages 235-6. Later half polished leather and marbled papercovered boards spine in six compartments red and brown leather spine labels gilt page edges sprinkled. Owner name "James Robb New York 1863" on front fly. Binding rubbed and edgeworn text with occasional toning foxing and corner creases plates somewhat foxed with a bit of creasing and one small stain and one small marginal chip two instances of small relatively amateur paper repair in the margins title page and a leaf of the index index somewhat tanned and foxed a sound very good copy of the second volume of this highly respected 18th Century travelogue. Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson hardcover‎

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