C.-F.VolneyLivre Rare Book
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1979Best.-Nr. R320129469Slatkine Reprints. 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XLIX + 368 pages - tampons + annotation + étiquette collée sur la page de titre - étiquette collée sur la coiffe en pied.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
1980Best.-Nr. R260180718EDITIONS GARNIER. 1980. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 164 pages - trace d'étiquette sur le 1er plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française
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Best.-Nr. 73-7028Paris: Cercle Volney circa 1960s-1970s. 100x37 cm. Very Good. Color poster. Text in French. Paris: Cercle Volney, [circa 1960s-1970s] unknown
1822Best.-Nr. 1013N40Paris: 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
2016Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789353201524Facsimile Publisher 2016. Vol. 1. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.39 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789353201524Facsimile Publisher 2016. Vol. 1. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.39 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0666417261.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1971Best.-Nr. x-0837152089Praeger Pub Text 1971. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 340 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 21135Without place or date. Replied to on 25 October 1803. 1p. 4to. In good condition lightly aged. On bifolium with stub from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Neatly written and reading: 'Le Senateur Volney a l'honneur d'offrir au Ministre du tresor public comme a l'un des juges les plus competens et les plus Eclairés l'examplaire ci-joint de Son Nouveau livre Tableau du climat et du Sol des Etats-unis D'Amerique et leprie d'agreer des tres humbles civilités.' At the head of the page the recipient has written: 'Rep. 2o Brumaire. 12. i.e. 25 October 1803' Another of Volney's works 'Ruines of Empires' 1791 was extremely influential particularly in the United States. In 1796 Volney met Thomas Jefferson at Monticello to discuss Jefferson's plan to translate the book into English. Jefferson had completed the greater part of his translation by the time he mounted his 1800 bid for the presidency at which point he handed over the project to Joel Barlow who translated the last four chapters and at Jefferson's request put his name to the whole translation which was published in 1801. Without place or date. [Replied to on 25 October 1803.] unknown
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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
Best.-Nr. B9783743306370Paperback / softback. New. paperback
