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Syria - Lot 817
Syria VOLNEY (Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, count of) Voyage en Syrie en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 & 1785.Paris, Volland & Desenne, 1787. 2 volumes in-8 : XVI, 383pp. / VIII, 458pp. 2f. illustrated with 2 large folding maps of Egypt and Syria, a folding plan of the temple of the sun at Balbek, a folding view of the courtyard of the temple of the sun at Balbek, and a large folding view of the ruins of Palmire. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, decorated smooth spines, cold fillet on the boards, headpieces damaged, small leather tears on boards and edges, spotting, gilt fillet on edges, red edges. One of the most important works of travel literature of the 18th century. Second edition published the same year as the original. "Never book obtained a more brilliant, faster and less contested success (Quérard, La France Littéraire X, 27).
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