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Volney, M
The Ruins: or A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires
J. Johnson 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. With the original boards. Complete with frontis and 2 fold-outs. The front and back hinges have been reinforced. The boards are rubbed and worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally there is light tanning and scattered foxing throughout but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the text is neat and clear. The binding is sound. In very good condition indeed considering its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. J. Johnson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3624j
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Volney, M
The Ruins; Or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires
London: J. Johnson printed for. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new endpapers. 1796. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xvi 395pp. Engraved frontis plate; two folding rear plates depicting a view of the Astrological Heaven of the Ancients and a folding map of the world. A handsome copy. Translated from the French. A French linguist historian politician and philosopher Constantin François Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney was the author of 'Les Ruines; Ou Méditations sur les Révolutions des Empires'. The work enshrined the ideas and values of the French Enlightenment. A meditation begun at the ruins of Palmyra on the natural causes of the rise and fall of great cities and nations. . J. Johnson [printed for] hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : k5947
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Volney, M [C-F (Constantin-Francois)]
The Ruins or A survey of the Revolutions of Empires
London: Printed for J. Johnson 1792. First English Language edition. Later patterned cloth with morocco spine label. Split along top half of front joint chips to head and heel of spine occasional foxing still very good. xv 400 pp. Illus. with 1 frontispiece & 2 folded maps after the French edition engr. by T. Conder. 8vo. Translated from the French of "Les ruines ou Méditation sur les révolutions des empires" by Thomas Conder.<br /> <br /> Volney's work which was first published in 1791 argued by analyzing the arc of ancient civilizations that the primacy of equality before the law was necessary to prevent the deterioration of religious and political institutions into tyranny.The work had a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson who translated it beginning in 1796 when Volney visited him at Monticello. A new translation of the work had just been published and both Jefferson and Volney were not happy with it nor this earlier first edition in English. The project went on hold once Jefferson became president and was not published until 1802 in France and 1828 in America. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41541
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Volney, M C-F
Travels through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785 Volume I
G. G. J. And J. Robinson. Good with no dust jacket. 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover; Hardcover. Volume 1 only. Brown leather boards with title on spine in gold over red spine label. Boards are worn soiled and rubbed. Spine is rubbed and cracking ends frayed. Foredge foxing. Interior front hinge cracked. Endpaper soil. Previous owner's bookplate and notation on first paste down. Fold out maps of Egypt and Syria are in good condition. Text pages show occasional foxing. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8VO . G. G. J. And J. Robinson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 040452
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Volney, M [Constantine Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte de]
Travels through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785
London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1787. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. 4 i-xii 1 2-418 4; 5 ii-iv 1 2-500 18 pp. Contemporary tree calf with the spines in six compartments two red morocco labels lettered in gilt on each spine spines with gilt decorations including shining suns embossed in gilt; all edges decoratively stained yellow. A very attractive binding indeed. Illustrated with two folding maps and with three copper-engraved folding plates. Atabey 1303. Cox I 235. Lowndes V 2790. University of Toronto British Armorial Bindings "Smith John Sir 1st Baronet 1744 -1807". Baronet John Smith's bookplates on each volume's front pastedown. Smith was the first in the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Smith also served as the High Sheriff of Dorset. Originally published in Paris in 1787 this is the first English Language edition. Completing the title page: Containing the present natural and political state of those countries their productions arts manufactures and commerce; with observations on the manners customs and goverment of the Turks and Arabs. According to Cox this is "one of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published . ". Volney served in the Estates-General and was later imprisoned during the reign of terror before gaining favor with Napoleon. His visit to Syria and Egypt was inspired by a love of ancient history and philology. A fascinating Enlightenment-era travel narrative of the Near East beautified by its detailed maps and illustrations. Joints show some wear but the bindings are secure and firm. A bookplate was removed from each free front endpaper with volume one's endpaper showing two small spots of loss. Each endpaper has a small inscription denoting these as first editions. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000012449
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Volney, M C-F
Travels Through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785 in Two Volumes
London: G.G.J. And J. Robinson 1787. 1st . Hardcover. Fair/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2vol.set; 418&500pp.index; HBs brwn.leather w/maroon&gilt; heavy rub w/edges&corners worn; covers detached or detaching; bookplatevol.1; endpapers w/heavy tan on edges; some lt.tan w/cleantight pgs. "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. illus. w/copper plates. trans.from the French <br/> <br/> G.G.J. And J. Robinson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 055785
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Volney, Rattan
West Coast Botany: An Analytical key to the Flora of the Pacific Coast in Which are Described
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 052680064X.G ISBN : 052680064X 9780526800643
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VOLNEY,CF C F
Les ruines ou méditation sur les révolutions des empires. 12e édition. On y a joint La loi naturelle.
Paris Bossange Frères Libraires 1822. XXV1 blank3831 blank p. engraved portrait engraved frontispiece 1 engraved plate and 2 folding tables showing a map of Europe Africa & Asia and a celestial map with the signs of the zodiac. Half calf 13.5 cm Condition: Boards and corners somewhat scuffed. Some slight foxing Note: The French historian philosopher and orientalist Constantin François de Chassebuf de Volney 1757-1820 is one of the founding fathers of the Black Athena theory. After a trip to the Middle East in 1782 he suggested that the ancient Egyptians were originally black Africans and that the Egyptians of his time were mulats with mixed blood. 'Les anciens Égyptiens étaient de vrais Nègres de l'espèce de tous les naturels d'Afrique; et dès-lors on explique comment leur sang allié depuis plusieurs siècles à celui des Romains et des Grecs a dû perdre l'intensité de sa première couleur en conservant cependant l'empreinte de son moule originel .; de penser que cette race d'hommes noirs aujourd'hui notre esclave et l'objet de nos mépris est celle-là même à qui nous devons nos arts nos sciences et jusqu'à l'usage de la parole'. Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783 1784 & 1785 Paris 1785 p. 75/6 § In 1791 Volney published his 'Les Ruines ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires' an essay on the philosophy of history. 'L'auteur se met en scène sur les ruines de Palmyre; et là il se livre à de profondes méditations sur la destruction de tant d'empires à qui leur puissance colossale semblait promettre une éternelle durée et qui n'en ont pas moins obéi à cette loi de la nature qui veut que tout périsse. Dans ce même ouvrage Volney établit la nécessité de la tolérance religieuse reconnue aujourd'hui par tous les esprits éclairés. . Les Ruines n'en passent pas moins pour une des productions les plus remarquables de la littérature de la fin du XVIIIe siècle'. Wikipédia s.v. Volney Some of the central ideas in Les Ruines stirred the imagination of its readers. It predicted the final union of all religions by the recognition of the common truth underlying them all and stated that empires rise if government allows enlightened self-interest to flourish Photographs on request hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 120374
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Waller, Augustus Volney
Experimente über dier Durschneidung der nn. glossopharyngei und hypoglossi des Frosches pp.102-103.
1850. Notiz. Geb. Nat. Heilk. 4 199. - Anatomie und Physiologie 1.Bd. No. 14. - Frorieps Tagsberichte. - Weimar October 1850 8° pp.97-104 Rückenbroschur. Erstdruck! Mittgetheilt der RoyalmSociety durch Prof. Owen. Ferner findet sich in diesem Heft von Mayer & Budge "Über die abhänigkeit der hinteren Lympherzen des Frosches und des Rückenmarke pp.97-99 und von Mayer Über den Einfluß der Centraltheile des nervensystems auf as Caudalherz des Als p.99. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60421
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Waller, Augustus Volney
Sur la reproduction des nerfs et sur la structure et les fonctions des ganglions spinaux pp.392-401.
1852. Arch. Anat. Phys. 1852. - Berlin Verlag von Veit et Comp. 1852 8° pp.391-418 Broschur. Important neurological treatise by the founder Augustus Volney Waller 1816-1870 of the "law of nerve degeneration" -cf. Garrison p.524 unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40169
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