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2026réf. LRB27038411Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 538 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1787. Text in English. This work is a detailed account of the travels of Constantin-François Volney through Syria and Egypt between 1783 and 1785. The book provides a vivid description of the landscapes cultures and historical sites encountered during his journey offering valuable insights into the region during the late 18th century. Volney's observations on architecture religion and society remain of significant interest to historians and scholars of the Middle East. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB50012230Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 542 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1787. Text in English. This work by Constantin-François Volney recounts his travels through Syria and Egypt during the years 1783 1784 and 1785. A significant contribution to 18th-century travel literature it offers detailed observations on the geography culture and history of the regions visited. Volney's account provides valuable insights into the social and political conditions of the time making it an important resource for historians and scholars of the Middle East. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
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1788réf. 121627London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols.: xii 418; iv 500 15 p. 22 cm. 5 engraved fold-out plates including 2 maps. 1. Full tree-calf leather. Corners lightly bumped. Vol. 2. Small dent on bottom of rear board in vol. 1 as well as a bit of soiling to lower edge of text block. Vol. 2 has large horizontal tear in p. 327 chip in third plate and dampstains to front pastedown and inner margins of first pages. Paper bright and clean. Title continues: "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." Volney 1757-1820 was a well-travelled learned man. He embarked on a journey to the Near East in late 1782 and spent nearly seven months in Ottoman Egypt. Afterwards he lived for nearly two years in Greater Syria in what is today Lebanon and Israel in order to learn Arabic. He returned to France in 1785 where he spent the following two years compiling his notes and writing these volumes. He continued to travel in later years being expelled from the U.S.A. as a suspected spy in 1797. It seems his life was always an adventure for he narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution. Of interest in these well-preserved volumes is the account given of the Arabic press at the convent of Marhanna vol. 2 pp. 190-191 with a catalogue of books printed there p. 196. On the macabre side is the extensive discussion of diseases prevalent in Egypt including smallpox blindness cutaneous eruptions plague and Neapolitan Disease which seems to be syphilis vol. 1 pp. 240-258. Indexed. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover
réf. 1853London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson Pater-Noster-Row 1788. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Two volumes. I:iv xii 418pp.; II: iv iv 500 xvpp. Second English edition. I: 2 A6 B8-Z8 Aa8-Dd8 Ee2; II: 4 B8-Z8 Aa8-Ii8 Kk2 Ll8. With half-titless to both volumes present. Contemporary calf rehinged at an earlier date. Some scuffing and wear to covers hinges still tender. With two folding maps of Syria and Egypt and two plates of buildings in the two countries plus a folding plan. ESTC T12218. 0 London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, 1788 hardcover
1788réf. ST10830London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. Second Edition in English. 216 x 137 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8". Two volumes. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY FLAMED CALF flat spines ruled in gilt red morocco label on each spine. Three engraved folding plates views and plan and two engraved folding maps. Front pastedowns with the armorial bookplate of Penelope Vaughn. Cox I 235 citing French edition of 1787; Lowndes IV 2790; Graesse VI 389 both citing English edition of 1787. ◆A handful of paper flaws one causing a short tear without loss just into text a half dozen leaves with light marginal soiling apparently incurred in the print shop top inch of front joint of second volume slightly cracked two bottom corners a bit bumped and rubbed but A VERY FINE COPY INSIDE AND OUT the bindings lustrous and scarcely worn the text bright and clean and the plates all remarkably well preserved. The author's first book this item is called by Chambers "one of the most exact and valuable works of its kind ever published" Cox quoting Chambers' "Cyclopaedia: or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences". The Blackmer catalogue says that "Volney's popular and highly-regarded work was the result of three years' travels a good deal of which time was spent in Cairo. His account has never really been surpassed. Volney went to great lengths in preparation which included a year devoted to exercise and self-deprivation and three months learning the language required in a convent in the mountains of Lebanon." Volney 1757-1820 was a learned man a frequent traveller and an important governmental official who was expelled from America as a suspected spy and who narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution. The present bindings obviously are not notable for their decoration but they are wonderful examples of attractively executed flamed calf bindings typical of those making up the bulk of country gentlemen's libraries all over Great Britain. The condition of the present copy is nothing short of extraordinary very nearly capturing the look and feel of the volumes as they would have appeared on their original shelf. Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown
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1804réf. 377584London: Printed for J. Johnson 1804. First edition. Two folding plates and two folding maps. 28503 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early half smooth tan calf and pebbled cloth boards spine gilt marbled endpapers. First edition. Two folding plates and two folding maps. 28503 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first edition of the American travels of this French firebrand and social critic who went to America to avoid imprisonment in France. The narrative is notable for Volney's comments concerning the French royalist colonies in the Ohio country. He also includes a vocabulary of the Miami language and some interesting meteorological and geological observations. The maps show the U.S. and North America. "His work teems with the most interesting particulars which he observed or learned regarding the Indians" Field. "Considered as a picture of the physical condition of the country as far as respects its surface and climate this was the best and most complete that had appeared up to the time of its publication" Thomson. A pleasing copy. Howes V141; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Pilling Proof-Sheets 4063; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49 Printed for J. Johnson unknown
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