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Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les Annees 1783, 1784, et 1785...
by Volney, Constantin Francois Chasseboeuf, comte de, 1757-1820
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Paris, 1787. 1st ed. in octavo. Hardcover. Fair. 2 vols. 2 folding maps, plan, and 2 folding plates, ix, [10]-14, [2], 383, 6, [2], 458, [4]p. Mismatched bindings (Vol. 1 in a modern Greek quarterbinding; Vol. 2 in worn old leather. 20cm. Circular "Hoyt Public Library" stamp at base of both title-pages. Vol. 1 [Tome Premier] is sound and attractive with both maps still crisp and unworn. Vol. 2 [Tome Seconde] is quite worn (binding heavily worn; joints splitting; the folding plate of the Temple at Baalbek is split at one of the folds and has remnants of yellowed tape along that fold to repair the split; Binding is almost completely split between pages 222 and 223. French text. The half-titles were not preserved in these volumes but this set is otherwise complete. This first edition was also published in a seldom seen, larger format (about 26cm.) quarto edition.
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- McBlain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84167
- Title
- Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les Annees 1783, 1784, et 1785...
- Author
- Volney, Constantin Francois Chasseboeuf, comte de, 1757-1820
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed. in octavo
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1787
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Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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