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rif. M7236Complete set of 2 volumes. Chez Volland & Desenne Paris 1787. Second edition revised and corrected. In-8 Vol. I: xvi & 383 pages. Vol. II: viii & 458 pages. With 2 geographical maps and two engraved plates depicting the ruins of the Sun Temple at Balbek and those of the town of Palmyra in the Syrian desert. Full calf with 5 raised bands with leather labels a fine set. From the library of Egyptologist Andrew H. Gordon. Language: French/Français. This set ships from the USA shipping costs will be updated accordingly TXR. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists. unknown
rif. M7371Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie Paris 1860. First edition. In-4 frontispiece 778 pages. Contempoary half-leather some worm holes along the spine and on inner hinges text itself in fine condition. A good copy. Language: French/Français. This book ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BPF. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists. unknown
rif. 97310A Bourg Chez Louis Hyacinthe Goyffon s.d. c.1792. 2 feuillets blancs. Frontispice. Titre gravé. VIIJ. 242 pages. 2 planches dont une dépliante. 245x19 Cm. Demi-veau de l'époque. Dos lisse très frotté avec une partie partiellement décollée. Accidents aux coiffes. Charnières fendues. Coins très émoussés. Petites manques de papier. Accrocs et petites déchirures. Les deux planches dereliées. Taches et rousseurs éparces. Pages brunies. Rare édition de Bourg du célèbre oeuvre du philosophe Volney dans laquelle alternent souvenirs personnels philosophie et réflexions. Si le sujet général est un questionnement sur la disparition et la ruine des empires Volney débute son livre par une méditation sur l'effondrement de Palmyre l'ouvrage aborde de multiples thèmes qui lui sont liés : origines des cultes religieux symbolisme culte des astres. Volney se souvenant d'Hérodote ne fait confiance en tant qu'historien qu'aux faits et il interroge les ruines afin qu'elles lui révèlent la ruine d'un empire et d'une cité. "J'irai vivre dans la solitude parmi les ruines; j'interrogerai les monuments anciens sur la sagesse des temps passés ." llustrée de 2 planches dont une dépliante et un frontispice. Manque une planche. A Bourg, Chez Louis Hyacinthe Goyffon, s.d. (c.1792). unknown
1803rif. 264642Paris: Courcier and Dentu 1803. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. Contemporary quarter calf. Rebacked preserving spine new endsheets. Very good. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. "Volney was an educated Frenchman of some distinction and merit . . . When he came to America he was an experienced traveler and anticlericalist and an opponent of the philosophy of Rousseau. His departure from his native land was no doubt determined upon when the government he hoped to serve threw him in prison. . . This work is not a narrative of travel. The author described in some detail the geography of the United States noting topography soil climate winds and diseases" Clark. The plates herein are sophisticated and are as follows: Plate I shows the composition of the earth in the areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio and at Louisville Ohio; Plate III contains two views of the St. Lawrence River one showing the river stretching eastward from Lake Ontario the other showing a waterfall Niagara Falls; Plate II is a map of North America; and Plate IV is a large map measuring 25-1/4 x 18-1/4 inches of the United States East of the Mississippi by L Collin. Howes V141; Sabin 100692 ; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49; Servier 776 Courcier and Dentu unknown
1787rif. 620600London: 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
1953rif. 17665NY: Henry Holt 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 6.5"x9.5" 772 numbered pages. 37 append. pgs. Maps. 20 index pgs. Blue textured cloth boards w/2 ink colors. The Americans Creed for paste down in front. Owl in oval back paste downs. Beautiful full color frontispiece "Emmigrants Crossing the Plains" "The Rocky Mountain" - reprint from Currier and Ives print. Spine straight binding tight pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library no DJ no bumps. Mild edge wear to boards w/slight fading to spine. Inscription on half-title page. Faint soiling to boards. Price covers extra shipping weight & secure ship in box w/track #. Harlow was Chairman of the Dept of History Prof of Americna History Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University. See photos of Contents & Maps. Henry Holt hardcover
2000rif. BN515779Woodstock Books 2000. 2000. Hardcover. The Ruins The: A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires Revolution & Romanticism S. 1789-1834 The Ruins The: A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires Revolution & Romanticism S. 1789-1834 Volney C. F. Woodstock Books hardcover
1977rif. BN519636Frankfurt a.M. : Syndikat 1977. 1977. Die Ruinen oder Betrachtungen über die Revolutionen der Reiche = Vorrede von Georg Forster Anhang: Das natürliche Gesetz oder physische Grundsätze der Moral mit einem Essay u. hrsg. von Günther Mensching Die Ruinen oder Betrachtungen über die Revolutionen der Reiche = Vorrede von Georg Forster Anhang: Das natürliche Gesetz oder physische Grundsätze der Moral mit einem Essay u. hrsg. von Günther Mensching Volney Constantin-François 1757-1820 Frankfurt a.M. : Syndikat unknown
rif. BN104851Kessinger Publishing. Softcover. Histoire De Samuel: Inventeur Du Sacre Des Rois 1819 French Edition Histoire De Samuel: Inventeur Du Sacre Des Rois 1819 French Edition Kessinger Publishing paperback
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1895rif. 111026282NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Clean pages with general mild cover soil and some small stains. Secure binding with nice pages. Beautifully illustrated. 11 x 9-1/4 with 78 pages. Rare!. FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Hardcover
1801rif. 57475Philadelphia: printed for John Conrad & Co. No. 30 Chestnut-street M. & J. Conrad & Co. no. 140 Market-street Baltimore; and Rapine Conrad & Co. Washington City. J. Bioren printer 1801. Ostensibly the first American edition see below; 16mo pp. xvi 186 2 ads; contemporary full sheep red morocco label on spine; upper joint cracked extremities rubbed; a good sound copy. Volney 1757-1820 the French savant undertook a journey to the United States in 1795 where he was accused in 1797 of being a French spy "sent to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France. He was obliged to return to France in 1798. The results of his travels took form in his Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis 1803" EB-11. Page 186 contains a note from the translator. Both Jefferson and Barlow had translated Volney's Les Ruines ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires published in 1802 in Paris but there's no evidence they had any part in this translation. The translator remains unknown. Evans 29822 records a 1795 edition under a slightly different title no copies located in Evans and of which no copy in OCLC either; this may be a ghost. American Imprints 1592. printed for John Conrad & Co. No. 30, Chestnut-street, M. & J. Conrad & Co., no. 140, Market-street, Baltimore; and Rapine, Conr unknown
rif. 63845352ABC-Clio Incorporated . Hardback. New. pp. 270 ABC-Clio, Incorporated hardcover
1796rif. k5947London: 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
rif. 6131464517Read Books UK . Papeback. New. pp. 272 Read Books (UK) unknown
1792rif. 3602714J. Johnson London 1792. Backstrip taped.Covers marked and worn.Pages cut.Pages foxed.Text in good condition.Binding badly split by covers.Bookplate inside front cover.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: J. Johnson, London hardcover
1799rif. r7093Paris: Chez Dugour et Durand. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with corner and edge wear. Spine scuffed. Occasional browning. Neat signatures of previous owners in volume I. 1799. Troisième édition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 478pp; 472pp. 4 folding plates folding plan and 2 of 3 engraved maps. Text in French. . Chez Dugour et Durand hardcover
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