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1797Best.-Nr. 14112Paris: Libraires Associes 1797. Hardcover. Very Good-. Meditations on the Revolutions of Empires". Written on the eve of the French Revolution and published during it. This 12mo version could be an early printing of the 3rd edition but I rather think it is a later printing of the 2nd. Vg- in half leather with marbled boards; has about an inch and a half of worm damage on one side of the spine of vol. 2. All corners are worn. Tops are dust-darkened but the text is as clean as you could wish as are the frontispiece and 2 folding maps in vol. 1. 246 272 pp. Libraires Associes hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 131134545San Diego: Truth Seeker Company 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Truth Seeker Press edition. Near Fine publisher's updated address label on title page in Very Good dust jacket with line of sunning to front panel address update label to back panel. Jacket is mylar-protected. Nice shape overall. Truth Seeker Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781019368664Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9780231147903Hardback. New. Money and support tend to flow in the direction of economics science and other academic departments that demonstrate measurable "progress." The humanities on the other hand offer more abstract and uncertain outcomes. A humanist's objects of study are more obscure in certain ways than pathogens and cells. Consequently it seems as if the humanities never truly progress. Is this a fair assessment By comparing objects of science such as the brain the galaxy the amoeba and the quark with objects of humanistic inquiry such as the poem the photograph the belief and the philosophical concept Volney Gay reestablishes a fundamental distinction between science and the humanities. He frees the latter from its pursuit of material-based progress and restores its disciplines to a place of privilege and respect. Using the metaphor of magnification Gay shows that while we can investigate natural objects to the limits of imaging capacity magnifying cultural objects dissolves them into noise. In other words cultural objects can be studied only within their contexts and through the prism of metaphor and narrative. Gathering examples from literature art film philosophy religion science and psychoanalysis Gay builds a new justification for the humanities. By revealing the unseen and making abstract ideas tangible the arts create meaningful wholes which itself is a form of progress. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 697044914Louisiana State University Press . Papeback. New. pp. 336 Louisiana State University Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 3-26096Lugano Tipografia Elvetica 1862 due volumi rilegati in uno in-8° cm. 175 x 115 mezza pelle coeva dorso a quattro nervi con titoli dorati e ornamenti a secco pp. 274 188 con una tavola incisa in antiporta due tavole ripiegate in fine al primo volume un mappamondo e un "piano del cielo astrologico degli antichi". Tracce d'uso alla legatura ma molto ben conservato. unknown
Best.-Nr. 4-80288Prato Giachetti 1845 8vo mezza pelle pp. 188 con illustrazioni nel testo e 6 tav. inc. in acc. f.t. pp. 70 con 2 tavole di 4 f.t. Marmocchi XVIII unknown
Best.-Nr. 4-40432Prato Giachetti 1845 8vo brossura cop. muta pp. 274 con testatine e finalini inc. e 5 tav. inc. in acc. f.t. unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 72352London T. Davison 1826. 8vo 21.0 x 13.4 cm. xii 459 pp.; engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; ten tables several folding one engraved folding map of the Arabian Peninsula and one folding plate of a plan of Babylon. Later half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands compartments with gilt lines and floral vignettes. Black morocco label with gilt title. = Virtually unknown edition of an interesting work in relation to the growth of scientific and historical knowledge by the French philosopher orientalist and historian Constantin François de Chassebuf Comte de Volney 1757-1820 first published in French in 1808 as Recherches nouvelles sur l'histoire ancienne. A first English edition was published in 1819 by Simpkin Marshall in London; this edition however is not dated and is widely different. Its publication is announced in Cobbett's Political Register volume 586 on 6 May 1826. Thomas Davison was a printer of radical works between 1819-1830 and served two years in prison for blasphemous libel. The work deals with various philosophers mythology culture etc. but mainly with Middle Eastern people and persons in particular those of historical importance for instance Moses Herodotus Flavius Josephus etc. Former owners autograph on front flyleaf otherwise a very good clean copy in a nice contemporary-style binding. Apart from the above publication announcement and one doubtful listing in OCLC with an 1830 date we found no records of this edition. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9780275920463Hardback. New. In this volume the author describes various marketing strategies for increasing sales including: market penetration product and market development diversification and acquisition. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0688125239.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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Best.-Nr. A9781108493109Hardback. New. A fresh modern translation of a major French Revolutionary text whose arguments for popular sovereignty are couched in the form of an Oriental dream-tale. This is a forgotten bestseller in the history of political thought which was translated by Thomas Jefferson and hugely influenced radical poets from Shelley to Whitman. hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 1019575395.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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Best.-Nr. B9781108066679Paperback / softback. New. The French author and traveller Constantin-Francois de Chasseboeuf 1757-1820 adopted the pen name Volney. In 1783-5 he spent time in Ottoman Egypt and the historical region of Syria. Reissued here is the revised and corrected French second edition of his account which appeared in two volumes in 1787. paperback
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Best.-Nr. ria9783744762496_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Travels through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783-85 - Vol. 2 is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1787. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel an paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9783743306370_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A survey of the Revolutions of Empires is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1796. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditions cooking paperback
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