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99 - [TRAVELS]. VOLNEY (C. F.). TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND SYRIA, during the years 1783, 1784, and 1785, followed by reflections on the war between the Russians and the Turks, published in 1788 and 1789. Paris: Bossange frères, 1822. Two volumes, in-8 ½, glazed mastic sheepskin, flat-ribbed spine decorated with gilt scrolls, gilt chain at the head, large gilt scroll at the tail, blind-stamped fleurons in the compartments, title and volume number labels in red leather (contemporary binding). Scattered foxing. FIFTH EDITION, which reproduces the 4th edition of 1807. It is illustrated with 8 engraved fold-out PLATES: 3 maps (a map of Egypt, a map of Syria, and a map relating to the possible partition of Turkey), one plan, and four views after Cassas or Benoist (Sphinx, Pyramids of Giza, square courtyard of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek, and ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert). ¶ Hage-Chahine, 5093 - Gay, 2275.
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[TRAVELS]. VOLNEY (C. F.). TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND SYRIA, during the years 1783, 1784, and 1785, followed by reflections on the war between the Russians and the Turks, published in 1788 and 1789. Paris: Bossange frères, 1822. Two volumes, in-8 ½, glazed mastic sheepskin, flat-ribbed spine decorated with gilt scrolls, gilt chain at the head, large gilt scroll at the tail, blind-stamped fleurons in the compartments, title and volume number labels in red leather (contemporary binding). Scattered foxing. FIFTH EDITION, which reproduces the 4th edition of 1807. It is illustrated with 8 engraved fold-out PLATES: 3 maps (a map of Egypt, a map of Syria, and a map relating to the possible partition of Turkey), one plan, and four views after Cassas or Benoist (Sphinx, Pyramids of Giza, square courtyard of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek, and ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert). ¶ Hage-Chahine, 5093 - Gay, 2275.
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