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1788040452G. G. J. And J. Robinson. Good with no dust jacket. 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover; Hardcover. Volume 1 only. Brown leather boards with title on spine in gold over red spine label. Boards are worn soiled and rubbed. Spine is rubbed and cracking ends frayed. Foredge foxing. Interior front hinge cracked. Endpaper soil. Previous owner's bookplate and notation on first paste down. Fold out maps of Egypt and Syria are in good condition. Text pages show occasional foxing. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8VO . G. G. J. And J. Robinson hardcover
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
1787055785London: G.G.J. And J. Robinson 1787. 1st . Hardcover. Fair/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2vol.set; 418&500pp.index; HBs brwn.leather w/maroon&gilt; heavy rub w/edges&corners worn; covers detached or detaching; bookplatevol.1; endpapers w/heavy tan on edges; some lt.tan w/cleantight pgs. "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. illus. w/copper plates. trans.from the French <br/> <br/> G.G.J. And J. Robinson hardcover
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MC00C-00540T. Allman. Collectible - Acceptable. London: T. Allman 1845. 24mo hardcover. xi260iv46pp. Folded map. Poor book. Lacking front board and backstrip. Textblock split into 5 sections. Front endpage with ink owner's name and partial frontispiece also loose from binding. Rear board detached. Revolutions Philosophy Religion Ethics Inquire if you need further information. T. Allman hardcover
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1800341<p>Condition: Near Fine. This Miller Law and Cater London edition has no date; WorldCat estimates its publication at between 1800 & 1820. Like the 1792 first edition in English this edition has the exact same two fold outs see photos but not the first edition's frontispiece. The binding is strong and the boards are marbled with leather corners and spine with gilt imprint of title and author. Mild foxing occurs on some pages. Many copies of The Ruins including reprints are available from $35 to as much as $938 depending on the edition. This Near Fine copy estimated at between 1800 and 1820 but possibly before based on font paper and chase size is found to be available after current survey only here.</p> M. Volney. Miller, Law, and Cater hardcover
102299204X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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903299New York: Calvin Blanchard A very nice tight bookwith previous owner's stamp on front verso. Some reading wear and aging butessentially in great condition. Black cloth covered boards are solid but shelf bumped at edges. Bright gilt title on spine. Both boards are blind stamped and there is minor foxing to eps. not dated but appears to be 1890 translation. Calvin Blanchard hardcover
1796k5947London: J. Johnson printed for. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new endpapers. 1796. Third Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xvi 395pp. Engraved frontis plate; two folding rear plates depicting a view of the Astrological Heaven of the Ancients and a folding map of the world. A handsome copy. Translated from the French. A French linguist historian politician and philosopher Constantin François Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney was the author of 'Les Ruines; Ou Méditations sur les Révolutions des Empires'. The work enshrined the ideas and values of the French Enlightenment. A meditation begun at the ruins of Palmyra on the natural causes of the rise and fall of great cities and nations. . J. Johnson [printed for] hardcover
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ria9783337273767_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ruins - A survey of the revolutions of empires. Third Edition is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1796. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science trave paperback
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17923602714J. Johnson London 1792. Backstrip taped.Covers marked and worn.Pages cut.Pages foxed.Text in good condition.Binding badly split by covers.Bookplate inside front cover.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: J. Johnson, London hardcover
179287826London: for J. Johnson 1792. First edition in English. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece. 1792 First edition in English. 8vo. Later calf backed marbled boards lettered in gilt. A landmark Enlightenment meditation on the cyclical rise and collapse of civilisations arguing that empires fall through superstition political corruption and the misuse of religious authority rather than divine design. Through a pioneering comparative analysis of ancient religions Volney treats Christianity as one mythic system among many anticipating the Christ Myth thesis and establishing the work as a foundational text of modern secular history and comparative religion. Minor foxing slight offsetting from frontispiece. No jacket for J. Johnson hardcover
