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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 / par M. C.-F. Volney.

Accession number
PML 142104-05
Creator
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.
Published
A Paris : Chez Desenne, libraire ... Chez Volland, libraire ..., 1787.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Vol. 1 includes engraved maps of Egypt and Syria; v. 2 illustrated with 3 engravings by Gaitte, including a floor plan and view of the Temple of the Sun and a panoramic view of the ruins of Tadmur (Palmyra).
Vol. 1: xvi, 383, [1] p., [2] folded leaves of plates (maps); v. 2: viii, 458, [4] p., [3] folded leaves of plates.
Signatures (4to): v. 1: a⁴[-a1] b⁴ A-3B⁴; v. 2: pi⁴[-pi1] A-3N⁴ 3M⁴[-3M4, blank?].
Accompanying description identifies library's copy as a large paper copy.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings), maps ; 26 cm
Provenance
Lord Derby (armorial binding); from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Light green morocco, gold-tooled, with the arms of Lord Derby, pink endpapers, by H. Walther.
Classification
Department