Volney

1822 · Best.-Nr. 1013N40 — Paris: Bossange Frères 1822. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 3.5". Various. The eleventh edition of an intriguing work arguing against revolutions written during the Reign of Terror by French public intellectual C.F. Volney. The eleventh edition of Les Ruines ou les Méditations sur les Révolutions des Empires The Ruins or Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires also included with La Loi Naturelle The Law of Nature written by French historian philosopher and public intellectual Constantin François De Chasseboeuf Comte De. Volney. Published in 1822 two years following his death first published in 1791 and 1796 respectively. In full calf with a frontispiece of Volney one engraved plate and two folding plates to the rear collated against a copy held by the Hathi Trust Library. Collated complete. First achieving fame with his Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte Travels in Syria and Egypt his seminal work Les Ruines explored the origins of civil society and argued that revolutions were an abandonment of natural law of which he discsuses further in his treatise La Loi Naturelle adjoined to the rear. Published during Robespierre's Reign of Terror Volney fled to America. There he formed a friendship to Thomas Jefferson who later translated the work to English. In full calf. Externally mostly smart with minor rubbing to joints and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of minor rubbing marks to spine and boards. Marble end papers are mostly bright and clean with minor fading. Internally firmly bound with minor wear to hinges between blank and half-title and blank and final index leaf. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot to leaf extremities. Very Good Indeed Bossange Frères hardcover