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VOYAGE EN SYRIE ET EN ÉGYPTE : PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1783 1784 ET 1785 Avec Deux Cartes Géographiques Et Deux Planches Gravées.

178717572Paris: Chez Desenne & Chez Volland. Very Good. 1787. Seconde Edition Revue et Corrogee. Hardcover. The second edition reviewed & corrected published in 1787 the same year as the first edition Two volumes bound with vellum spines over decorative boards with 4 spine bands & black lettering. Marbled endpapers. Deckle page edges. xvi I383pp viii 458pp 4 llustrated with 2 fold-out maps and 3 fold-out plates 2 engravings & 1 plan. Hinges and text are tight clean & intact. The book chronicles the cultures history and languages of the areas Volney visited. Armorial bookplate of W. Arthur Jeffery: motto "supra spem spero". French text. Middle East Syria Egypt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 821 pages . Chez Desenne & Chez Volland hardcover

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VOLNEY M. C. - F.Livre Rare Book

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 & 1785, avec deux Cartes géographiques & deux Planches … représentant les ruines du Temple du Soleil et celles de la ville de Palmyre…

1788110521788 Paris, chez Volland, Desenne, 1788; 2 volumes in-8°, demi-basane marbrée à très petits coins de velin, dos lisse orné de fers à la tulipe et petites palettes dorées, titre et tomaison doré sur 2 étiquettes rouges, tranches mouchetées, plats de papier imitant la basane du dos; 383pp.; 458 -(3)pp. 2 cartes dépliantes (Egypte et Syrie), 3 planches dépliantes hors texte, déchirure sans manque au plan du Temple du soleil de Balbeck. Edition originale.

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The Ruins: or A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires

17923624jJ. Johnson 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. With the original boards. Complete with frontis and 2 fold-outs. The front and back hinges have been reinforced. The boards are rubbed and worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally there is light tanning and scattered foxing throughout but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the text is neat and clear. The binding is sound. In very good condition indeed considering its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. J. Johnson hardcover

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Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785. Avec deux cartes géographiques et deux planches gravées, représentant les Ruines du Temple du Soleil à Balbek, et celles de la ville de Palmyre, dans le désert de Syrie

17872657Reliure demi-basane mouchetée à petits coins. Dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre rouge et pièce de tomaison verte. Coiffes courtes. Coins frottés. Trois tranches rouges. Intérieur propre. Les ouvrages sont enrichis de deux cartes dépliantes et trois planches gravées dépliantes, représentant les Ruines du Temple du Soleil à Balbek, un plan du Temple, celles de la ville de Palmyre, toutes en très bel état.Seconde édition revue et corrigée.

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VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS CHASSEBOEUF. (COMTE DE. 1757-1820).Livre Rare Book

VOYAGE EN EGYPTE ET EN SYRIE, PENDANT LES ANNEES 1783, 1784 ET 1785, AVEC DEUX CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES & DEUX PLANCHES GRAVEES, REPRESENTANT LES RUINES DU TEMPLE DU SOLEIL A BALBEK, & CELLES DE LA VILLE DE PALMYRE DANS LE DESERT DE SYRIE.

17872649A PARIS. VOLLAND, LIBRAIRE. DESENNE, LIBRAIRE. 1787 2 VOLUMES IN-8 (13,5 X 20 X 6,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 14 + (2) + 383 ET 6 + (2) + 458 + (3) PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU HAVANE, DOS A CINQ NERFS ORNE DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN VERT, FILET DORE SUR COUPES, TRANCHES MOUCHETEES ROUGES. ILLUSTRE DE DEUX CARTES, UN PLAN ET 2 VUES REPLIES HORS TEXTE. EDITION ORIGINALE (CHADENAT. 720). PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS SANS AUCUNE GRAVITE, SINON BEL EXEMPLAIRE.

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Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte Pendant les Annees 1783 1784 & 1785 2 Volumes

1789BOOKS025445IParis: Volland & Desenne. Very good set in contemporary leather. 1789-90. early ed. leather. 8vo 383 458 pp. Volume 1 has two folding engraved maps; volume 2 has three folding engraved plates both as called for Light edge and corner wear hinges generally tight; all edges stained red; maps and plates clean and bright; former owner's name on both title pages; bound in full brown calf with five raised bands and contrasting title and volume number labels . Volland & Desenne hardcover

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VOLNEY, Constantin-Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte deBiblio.com

Travels Through Syria and Egypt In the Years 1783 1784 and 1785

1788121627London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols.: xii 418; iv 500 15 p. 22 cm. 5 engraved fold-out plates including 2 maps. 1. Full tree-calf leather. Corners lightly bumped. Vol. 2. Small dent on bottom of rear board in vol. 1 as well as a bit of soiling to lower edge of text block. Vol. 2 has large horizontal tear in p. 327 chip in third plate and dampstains to front pastedown and inner margins of first pages. Paper bright and clean. Title continues: "Containing The present Natural and Political State of those Countries their Productions Arts Manufactures and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners Customs and Government of the Turks and Arabs." Volney 1757-1820 was a well-travelled learned man. He embarked on a journey to the Near East in late 1782 and spent nearly seven months in Ottoman Egypt. Afterwards he lived for nearly two years in Greater Syria in what is today Lebanon and Israel in order to learn Arabic. He returned to France in 1785 where he spent the following two years compiling his notes and writing these volumes. He continued to travel in later years being expelled from the U.S.A. as a suspected spy in 1797. It seems his life was always an adventure for he narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution. Of interest in these well-preserved volumes is the account given of the Arabic press at the convent of Marhanna vol. 2 pp. 190-191 with a catalogue of books printed there p. 196. On the macabre side is the extensive discussion of diseases prevalent in Egypt including smallpox blindness cutaneous eruptions plague and Neapolitan Disease which seems to be syphilis vol. 1 pp. 240-258. Indexed. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover

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Volney, M [C-F (Constantin-Francois)]Biblio.com

The Ruins or A survey of the Revolutions of Empires

179241541London: Printed for J. Johnson 1792. First English Language edition. Later patterned cloth with morocco spine label. Split along top half of front joint chips to head and heel of spine occasional foxing still very good. xv 400 pp. Illus. with 1 frontispiece & 2 folded maps after the French edition engr. by T. Conder. 8vo. Translated from the French of "Les ruines ou Méditation sur les révolutions des empires" by Thomas Conder. Volney's work which was first published in 1791 argued by analyzing the arc of ancient civilizations that the primacy of equality before the law was necessary to prevent the deterioration of religious and political institutions into tyranny.The work had a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson who translated it beginning in 1796 when Volney visited him at Monticello. A new translation of the work had just been published and both Jefferson and Volney were not happy with it nor this earlier first edition in English. The project went on hold once Jefferson became president and was not published until 1802 in France and 1828 in America. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover

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VOLNEY (C. F.).Livre Rare Book

VOYAGE EN SYRIE ET EN ÉGYPTE, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785, avec deux Cartes Géographiques et deux Planches gravées, représentant les Ruines du Temple du Soleil à Balbek, et celles de la ville de Palmyre, dans le Désert de Syrie. [2 volumes].

17870051331787 Paris, Desenne, Volland, 1787. Deux volumes in-8 (198 X 130 mm) veau fauve moucheté, encadrement de filet noir sur les plats, dos lisse cloisonné et orné de filets et fers dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin rouge et vert, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque). Tome I : XVI-383 pages - Tome II : VIII-458 pages, (2) ff. d'approbation et privilège, 5 planches dépliantes.

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[EGYPTE] VOLNEY (Constantin François, comte de):Livre Rare Book

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785.

178713015Paris, Desenne et Vollard, 1787. 2 volumes in-8 de XVI-383 et VIII-458-[4] pages, demi-veau brun à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre et tomaison beige et noire, coins frottés, pâle auréole d'humidité à la fin du second volume. Tampon de propriété: "Fs. Sautter, Pasteur, Ch.[evali]er de la légion d'honneur".

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VOLNEY, M. C.-F.Livre Rare Book

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 & 1785 (2 Tomes - Complet) [ Edition originale ]

1787585531 vol. in-8 reliure début XIXe demi-basane verte, Chez Volland, Desenne, Paris, 1787, Tome I : 14 pp., 1 f. (errata et avis au relieur), 383 pp. avec 2 cartes dépliantes ; Tome II : 6 pp., 1 f. (errata), 458 pp. et 2 ff. n. ch. (approbation) avec 3 planches hors texte (dont deux dépliantes)

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Aux Bataves sur ke Stathouderat; De La Maison de Force Appellee a Bicetre avec une Lettre de M. Benjamin Franklin; Guerre Actuelle des Turcs et des Russes

1788263089Londres 1788. hardcover. very good. 3 titles bound together. 183 72 142. 8vo 3/4 vellum backed green boards covers worn. Londres: 1788. Very good . Scarce. unknown books

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MIRABEAU, Comte de; FRANKLIN, Benjamin; de VOLNEYBiblio.com

Aux Bataves sur ke Stathouderat; De La Maison de Force Appellee a Bicetre avec une Lettre de M. Benjamin Franklin; Guerre Actuelle des Turcs et des Russes

1788263089Londres 1788. hardcover. very good. 3 titles bound together. 183 72 142. 8vo 3/4 vellum backed green boards covers worn. Londres: 1788. Very good . Scarce. unknown

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C-F. VOLNEYLivre Rare Book

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783, 84 et 85.

1799887Troisième édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur. Augmentée :1° De la notice de deux manuscrits arabes inédits qui fournissent des détails nouveaux et curieux sur l'histoire, la population, les revenus, les impôts, les arts de l'Égypte, ainsi que sur l'état militaire, l'administration, l'étiquette des Mamlouks Tcherkasse, et sur l'organisation régulière de la poste aux pigeons ; 2° D'un tableau exact de tout le commerce du Levant, extrait des registres de la chambre de commerce de Marseille ; 3° Des considérations sur la guerre des Russes et des Turks, publiées en 1784 ; 4° De deux gravures nouvelles représentant les pyramides et le sphinx, auxquelles sont jointes les planches de Palmyre, de Balbek, et trois cartes géographiques toutes refaites à neuf -Reliure pleine basane marbrée. Dos lisses richement ornés de mosaïques dorées, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouges. Encadrement doré sur les plats. Coins légèrement émoussés. Toutes tranches dorées. Intérieur d'une belle fraîcheur. Avec 3 cartes, 1 plan et 4 planches repliées. Reliure signée COLAS. Mors inférieur du tome 2 un peu fendu mais sans fragilité. Petite déchirure sur page de titre du Tome 1 avec petit manque.

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VOLNEY, C[onstantin] F[ran ois Chasseboeuf, Comte De] [1757-1820]Biblio.com

Voyage En Syrie Et En Égypte Pendant Les Années 1783 1784 Et 1785

1787MLNyaVOL36Paris: Volland Desenne 1787. 1787. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. ix 10-14 2errata & advice to binder 383; 6 1 leaferrata 458 3approbation & privilege. 2 folding engraved maps & 3 folding engraved plates. woodcut head & tailpieces. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs corners & head of spines worn. First Octavo Edition also published in quarto format the same year. Volney's narrative relating his observations during three years of travelling in Syria and Egypt includes remarks on politics commerce and industry the manners and customs of the Turks and Arabs an account of the Arabic press established at the convent of Marhanna with a catalogue of books printed there and an extensive discussion of the diseases prevalent in Egypt: blindness smallpox cutaneous eruptions the plague and 'Neapolitan Disease' or French Pox. '.the best exposé of Ottoman Egypt at the end of the 18th century.' Blackmer 'One of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published.' Cox Cox I 235. Gay 2275. Ibrahim-Hilmy I 186. Tobler p. 135. cfBlackmer 1748. F. Hardcover. Paris: Volland, Desenne, 1787. Hardcover

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VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS CHASSEBŒUF, COMTE DEBiblio.com

TRAVELS THROUGH SYRIA AND EGYPT IN THE YEARS 1783 1784 AND 1785

1788ST10830London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. Second Edition in English. 216 x 137 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8". Two volumes. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY FLAMED CALF flat spines ruled in gilt red morocco label on each spine. Three engraved folding plates views and plan and two engraved folding maps. Front pastedowns with the armorial bookplate of Penelope Vaughn. Cox I 235 citing French edition of 1787; Lowndes IV 2790; Graesse VI 389 both citing English edition of 1787. ◆A handful of paper flaws one causing a short tear without loss just into text a half dozen leaves with light marginal soiling apparently incurred in the print shop top inch of front joint of second volume slightly cracked two bottom corners a bit bumped and rubbed but A VERY FINE COPY INSIDE AND OUT the bindings lustrous and scarcely worn the text bright and clean and the plates all remarkably well preserved. The author's first book this item is called by Chambers "one of the most exact and valuable works of its kind ever published" Cox quoting Chambers' "Cyclopaedia: or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences". The Blackmer catalogue says that "Volney's popular and highly-regarded work was the result of three years' travels a good deal of which time was spent in Cairo. His account has never really been surpassed. Volney went to great lengths in preparation which included a year devoted to exercise and self-deprivation and three months learning the language required in a convent in the mountains of Lebanon." Volney 1757-1820 was a learned man a frequent traveller and an important governmental official who was expelled from America as a suspected spy and who narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution. The present bindings obviously are not notable for their decoration but they are wonderful examples of attractively executed flamed calf bindings typical of those making up the bulk of country gentlemen's libraries all over Great Britain. The condition of the present copy is nothing short of extraordinary very nearly capturing the look and feel of the volumes as they would have appeared on their original shelf. Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown

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( Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark); King of Sweden, Right Hon Lord Mountmorres, Lord Malmesbury, M De Volney, and other IndiBiblio.com

Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen. Interspersed with Letters Written By Herself to Several of Her Illustrious Friends on Various Subjects and Occasions. bound with Authentic Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Catherine II Empress of All the Russias

1776008154London: Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby 1776. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen" published 1776 "Authentic Memoirs.Catherine II" published 1797. Each book RARE in its own right "Unfortunate Queen"last seen in Maggs Catalogue 1955 "Catherine II" last seen at auction in 1920 Rare Book Hub. 3 260 pp. vi 6 291 7 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Caroline Matilda. Catherine II with half-title and title page. Very Good in early 19th c. quarter calf over marbled boards the back gilt with two stag decorations edges mottled boards rubbed interiors of both books exceptionally clean and bright. A unique and quite attractive book. Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby Hardcover

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Volney, M [Constantine Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte de]Biblio.com

Travels through Syria and Egypt in the Years 1783 1784 and 1785

1787000012449London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1787. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. 4 i-xii 1 2-418 4; 5 ii-iv 1 2-500 18 pp. Contemporary tree calf with the spines in six compartments two red morocco labels lettered in gilt on each spine spines with gilt decorations including shining suns embossed in gilt; all edges decoratively stained yellow. A very attractive binding indeed. Illustrated with two folding maps and with three copper-engraved folding plates. Atabey 1303. Cox I 235. Lowndes V 2790. University of Toronto British Armorial Bindings "Smith John Sir 1st Baronet 1744 -1807". Baronet John Smith's bookplates on each volume's front pastedown. Smith was the first in the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Smith also served as the High Sheriff of Dorset. Originally published in Paris in 1787 this is the first English Language edition. Completing the title page: Containing the present natural and political state of those countries their productions arts manufactures and commerce; with observations on the manners customs and goverment of the Turks and Arabs. According to Cox this is "one of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published . ". Volney served in the Estates-General and was later imprisoned during the reign of terror before gaining favor with Napoleon. His visit to Syria and Egypt was inspired by a love of ancient history and philology. A fascinating Enlightenment-era travel narrative of the Near East beautified by its detailed maps and illustrations. Joints show some wear but the bindings are secure and firm. A bookplate was removed from each free front endpaper with volume one's endpaper showing two small spots of loss. Each endpaper has a small inscription denoting these as first editions. G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover

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Caroline Matilda Queen of Denmark; King of Sweden Right Hon. Lord Mountmorres Lord Malmesbury M. De Volney and other IndisABAA

Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen. Interspersed with Letters Written By Herself to Several of Her Illustrious Friends on Various Subjects and Occasions. bound with Authentic Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Catherine II Empress of All the Russias

1776008154London: Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby 1776. "Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen" published 1776 "Authentic Memoirs.Catherine II" published 1797. Each book RARE in its own right "Unfortunate Queen"last seen in Maggs Catalogue 1955 "Catherine II" last seen at auction in 1920 Rare Book Hub. 3 260 pp. vi 6 291 7 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Caroline Matilda. Catherine II with half-title and title page. Very Good in early 19th c. quarter calf over marbled boards the back gilt with two stag decorations edges mottled boards rubbed interiors of both books exceptionally clean and bright. A unique and quite attractive book. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby Hardcover books

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Volney, Constantin Francois [Napoleon Bonaparte: His Copy]Biblio.com

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte Pendant Les Annees 1783 84 et 85. Travel to Syria and Egypt During the Years 1783 84 and 85.

1799146536A Paris: Chez Dugour et Durand Libraires Rue et Hotel Serpente 1799. Volney's important work on Egypt and Syria from the library in exile of Napoleon Bonaparte with his annotations and corrections throughout several made as he was dictating details from the Egyptian Campaign for his own Memoirs. This copy may also have accompanied him during his Egyptian Campaigns; it is known that Napoleon brought along a copy of Volney's book to Egypt and it served as the standard reference source for the members of the campaign. Octavo two volumes bound in full contemporary French sprinkled calf with gilt tooling to the spine morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels with 3 engraved folding maps and 5 folding plates. First published in 1787 this important travel account by the renowned French historian orientalist philosopher and politician Constantin Francois de Chasseboeuf comte de Volney 1757-1820 is considered the best exposition of Egypt from Ottoman Syria in the late eighteenth century. It served as a basis for later Egyptian expeditions and many scientists as well as Bonaparte himself took this work with them on their expeditions. His candid descriptions did not romanticize Egypt's history or its contemporary social and political conditions but discussed the ills that plagued the country and explored the military weakness of the Ottoman Empire. Based on his observations Volney discouraged a conquest of Egypt and while he supported his friend Bonaparte politically he declined the invitation to accompany Napoleon's expedition in person. It is known that Napoleon brought along a copy of Volney's book to Egypt and it served as the standard reference source for the members of the campaign. The French campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798--1801 was a Napoleonic campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria executed by Bonaparte. Napoleon proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region. Despite early victories and an initially successful expedition into Syria Napoleon and his Armee d'Orient were eventually defeated and forced to withdraw especially after suffering the defeat of the supporting French fleet by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile. However on a scientific front the expedition was a success that led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone creating the field of Egyptology. This important copy contains numerous annotations in ink and pencil in Bonaparte's hand mostly concerning measurements and other calculations including a heavily annotated folding plate of the pyramids "Vue de Pyramides de Djize" in Vol. I. The first volume contains ink annotations on pages 188 232 272 273 277-79 281 plate at page 229 cited above and map "Carte de la Syrie" at p. 288 outlines drawn in red pencil. The second volume contains mostly pencil annotations on pages 223 225 227 229 272 ink and pencil and 333. These corrections were made by Napoleon as he was dictating details from the Egyptian Campaign for his own Memoirs see provenance below. After Napoleon's death on St. Helena a large portion of his last library was divided by the executors among heirs and friends. The remainder was removed from St. Helena by order of the British Government and sold to the important French bookseller in London Martin Bossange. The lots that failed to sell almost half were quickly consigned by Bossange to Sotheby's and sold on 23 July 1823. The lengthy catalogue entry for the present lot in the Sotheby's catalogue reads: "This Work is one of the most interesting books that has occurred for sale for many years. Most persons are aware that Napoleon wrote very little but dictated to his favorite Generals Bertrand Montholon and Count Las Casas. The Egyptian Campaign which forms a part of two volumes just published of his Memoirs have been dictated from these volumes: he has taken notice of the most trifling error in the book; hence the many CORRECTIONS BY HIM. The Plate at page 229 vol. i is entirely covered with his hand writing. This unique Book forms an historical document which will be looked at with a mixture of pleasure and pain by the admirers of so great a man." Provenance: Napoleon I each title-page with circular hand-stamp in brown ink from Napoleon's library at Longwood House on St. Helena; and with his numerous ink annotations to plates and text in both volumes; Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce bookplates; and with a note from his grandson regarding this copy: "These two volumes of 'Volnay's Voyages' which belonged to Napoleon the first were understood to have accompanied him during his Egyptian Campaigns and contain many notes in his the Emperor's handwriting. My grandfather the late Lord Justice Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce of Roehampton Priory purchased these books presumably about 1821-2 when they were sent to England from St. Helena for sale. They being in Napoleon's possession there until his death in 1821." In very good condition with splitting to the spine and joints small section of leather torn from the upper cover of Vol. II; some wear to extremities. Occasional pale spotting internally final blank leaves 30/8 of both volumes removed presumably at the time of binding. First map in Vol. I with small marginal tear repaired near gutter margin second and third maps each with 2-inch tear repaired at gutter a few other plates with small marginal tears or reinforcements. Housed in a custom full crushed levant morocco clamshell box by Riviere & Son. Third edition revised and corrected. An exceptional piece of history with fascinating provenance. Chez Dugour et Durand, Libraires, Rue et Hotel Serpente hardcover

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