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ref. 120374Paris 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
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2007ref. Alibris.0032615Costa Mesa California: Cycle News. 2007. Trade paperback. Very good. 241 p. Includes illustrations. Cycle News paperback
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ref. A9780739133927Paperback / softback. New. This is a unique set of multidisciplinary reflections on how the neurosciences shape our understanding of religious experience and religious institutions. Twelve scholars and scientists assess how advances in the neurosciences affect our traditional sense of mind self and soul. paperback
1825ref. 175624Paris: Parmantier 1825. Broché. Etat satisfaisant. in-8. Demi reliure 3 planches Parmantier unknown
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ref. #[64803]The Hague Den Hage/Delft Leeuwestyn/Roelofswaert 1796 8vo. half leather binding with title plate and gold tooling on spine and speckled paper on the front and back cover with original ribbon bookmark 283 pp. paper on the front cover slightly damaged and front flyleaf somewhat loosened but otherwise in very good condition two beautiful plates: frontispiece Hier bloeide wel eer eene pragtige stad and large astrological fold-out plate. l Dutch translation of the original work in French. An English translation was started by Thomas Jefferson but remained incomplete when he became occupied with the 1800 presidential campaign. The translation was finished by Joel Barlow. Also translated in Dutch as: "De puinhoopen. Beschouwing van de omwenteling der staten gevolgd van de natuurlijke wet" in 1881. hardcover
ref. 2246-14Paris Bossange 1821-22. 5me éd. 2 vols. gr.-8°. 2 Bll. 455 S. 1 Bl.; 2 Bll. VIII 456 S. Mit 1 gefalt. Plan 3 gefalt. Karten u. 4 gefalt. Kupfertaf. HLdr. d. Zt. Mit Rückengoldpräg. Rü. restaur. Stellenw. stockfleckig. vgl. Brunet V 1351; vgl. Cox I 235; Gay 2275; Ibrahim-Hilmy I186; Chadenat 720 - "One of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published all personal details being eliminated to economise the time of readers" Cox. - Constantin François Chasseboeuf Boisgirais Comte de Volney 1757-1820 französischer Reisender Orientalist und Geschichtsphilosoph. Der Abkömmling einer ländlichen Adelsfamilie studierte in Paris Medizin und Philosophie. Dort war er auch Gast in den Salons von Baron Holbach und Madame Helvétius wo er die Bekanntschaft von Voltaire Diderot d'Alembert und Benjamin Franklin machte. Mit letzterem blieb er auch schriftlich verbunden. 1782 unternahm er eine mehrjährige Reise in das Osmanische Reich die ihn nach Syrien Palästina und Ägypten führte. In der französischen Revolution war er Mitglied der Nationalversammlung. Paris, Bossange 1821-22. unknown
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1836ref. 500028562Paris: Lebigre Freres 1836. First edition thus. . Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece Volney. Lebigre Freres hardcover
ref. 6918445Johns Hopkins University Press . Papeback. New. pp. 284 Johns Hopkins University Press unknown
1911ref. 605608New York: Privately Printed for Volney Streamer by The Schlueter Printing Company 1911. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition. 12mo. 79pp. Gray papercovered boards with printed spine and cover labels topedges unopened. Bookplate and owner signature of Francis Wilson on the front endleaves else about fine lacking the glassine dust jacket. One of 800 copies printed. A handsome little list of books that have drawn their titles from Shakespeare; the first edition was published in a slightly larger edition in 1901 and included 132 titles to this volume's 400. And for the curious a printed summary in the rear shows that Hamlet is far and away the play most heavily drawn from. Privately Printed (for Volney Streamer by The Schlueter Printing Company) hardcover
2009ref. SONG0739133926Lexington Books 2009-08-16. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x0.68x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Lexington Books paperback
1804ref. 89997Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Full contemporary calf with red leather spine label titled in gilt. Two folding engraved maps and two folding engravings. Early owner name a small portion of the second blank torn away removing another name foxing on the plates but otherwise clean and undamaged rubbing and wear to the extremities and a very small split at the edge of one joint still a tight and sound very good copy. Published by J. Conrad & Co hardcover
