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421 - 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH EDITION: Claude-Étienne Savary, *LETTRES SUR LA GRECE FAISANT SUITE DE CELLES SUR L’EGYPTE PAR M. SAVARY*, published in Amsterdam by D. J. Changuion, MDCCLXXXVIII. In 8°. A renowned travelogue written by the French orientalist and pioneer of Egyptology Claude-Étienne Savary. This is one of the editions contemporary with the very first edition, which was published that same year in Paris by the publisher Onfroi. At the time, it was in fact common for major French literary successes to be printed almost simultaneously in the Netherlands for the European market (source: SBN; ). Claude-Étienne Savary (1750–1788) was a renowned traveler and Arabist, also known for translating the Quran into French. The volume is enhanced by a large folded map of the Greek islands and the coasts of Asia Minor, and by the famous copperplate engraving illustrating a conceptual map or floor plan of the legendary Labyrinth of Knossos; both have been folded multiple times and are in excellent condition. Contemporary binding in marbled hardcover, with colored edges and the title embossed in gold on the spine label. 319 pp.
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18TH-CENTURY FRENCH EDITION: Claude-Étienne Savary, *LETTRES SUR LA GRECE FAISANT SUITE DE CELLES SUR L’EGYPTE PAR M. SAVARY*, published in Amsterdam by D. J. Changuion, MDCCLXXXVIII. In 8°. A renowned travelogue written by the French orientalist and pioneer of Egyptology Claude-Étienne Savary. This is one of the editions contemporary with the very first edition, which was published that same year in Paris by the publisher Onfroi. At the time, it was in fact common for major French literary successes to be printed almost simultaneously in the Netherlands for the European market (source: SBN; ). Claude-Étienne Savary (1750–1788) was a renowned traveler and Arabist, also known for translating the Quran into French. The volume is enhanced by a large folded map of the Greek islands and the coasts of Asia Minor, and by the famous copperplate engraving illustrating a conceptual map or floor plan of the legendary Labyrinth of Knossos; both have been folded multiple times and are in excellent condition. Contemporary binding in marbled hardcover, with colored edges and the title embossed in gold on the spine label. 319 pp.
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