Volney - Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785 - 1787
Rare second edition of this Volney voyage published in 1787, the same year as the original edition.
2 volumes in-8 (19. 7 x 12 cm) , half-leather binding, smooth spine, two gilded friezes, frames of the title and volume number pieces in double gilded fillet.
Very complete edition in 2 volumes and complete with its plates (2 maps, a plan of the temple of the sun at Balbek, the view of the square courtyard of the temple of the sun and the view of the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert) .
Snack :
I: false title, title; xvj; 383pp.
II: false title, title, viij; 458 pp. , 2ff.
A damaged binding: crowns leveled, corners blunted. The boards are a little rubbed, spine rubbed, jaws cracked, hinges fragile. Small tears on a map and plan (no impact) , 2 sheets cut at the bottom (pages 287/288 and 289/290) . Ink stain on page 383.
The interior, however, is solid and clear, and the engravings are in good condition.
-> Constantin-François Chasseboeuf de La Giraudais (1757 - 1820) , known as Volney, was a French philosopher and orientalist.
After inheriting a few pounds (currency of the time) , Volney embarked on a journey to Egypt then to Syria where he discovered numerous tribes among whom he lived for a certain time. Before that, he learned Arabic at the Collège de France then in Lebanon in the Coptic convent of Mar-Hanna.
Strengthened by his experience and his discoveries, he returned to France and published his work "Voyage en Egypt et en Syria" in which he depicted the life and politics of the indigenous peoples he met. He borrowed his way of traveling and relating his travels from Herodotus since he was a great reader, and gained credibility upon his return to France thanks to his precise and authentic explanations.
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Rare second edition of this Volney voyage published in 1787, the same year as the original edition.
2 volumes in-8 (19. 7 x 12 cm) , half-leather binding, smooth spine, two gilded friezes, frames of the title and volume number pieces in double gilded fillet.
Very complete edition in 2 volumes and complete with its plates (2 maps, a plan of the temple of the sun at Balbek, the view of the square courtyard of the temple of the sun and the view of the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert) .
Snack :
I: false title, title; xvj; 383pp.
II: false title, title, viij; 458 pp. , 2ff.
A damaged binding: crowns leveled, corners blunted. The boards are a little rubbed, spine rubbed, jaws cracked, hinges fragile. Small tears on a map and plan (no impact) , 2 sheets cut at the bottom (pages 287/288 and 289/290) . Ink stain on page 383.
The interior, however, is solid and clear, and the engravings are in good condition.
-> Constantin-François Chasseboeuf de La Giraudais (1757 - 1820) , known as Volney, was a French philosopher and orientalist.
After inheriting a few pounds (currency of the time) , Volney embarked on a journey to Egypt then to Syria where he discovered numerous tribes among whom he lived for a certain time. Before that, he learned Arabic at the Collège de France then in Lebanon in the Coptic convent of Mar-Hanna.
Strengthened by his experience and his discoveries, he returned to France and published his work "Voyage en Egypt et en Syria" in which he depicted the life and politics of the indigenous peoples he met. He borrowed his way of traveling and relating his travels from Herodotus since he was a great reader, and gained credibility upon his return to France thanks to his precise and authentic explanations.
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