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SUITE DE TROIS OUVRAGES SUR LA SYRIE : - DUSSAUD (R.) DESCHAMPS (Paul), SEYRIG (Henri). La Syrie antique et médiévale illustrée, 160 phototypical plates. In-4, bound in publisher's half cloth, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1931. - VOLNEY (C.F.), Voyage en Égypte et en Syrie pendant les années 1783,1784, et 1785 suivi de considérations sur la guerre des Russes et des Turks publiés en 1788 1789... in-8, bound. 1 engraved map and plates. Volumes 2 and 3, Parmantier, Paris, 1825.A great classic of travel literature in the Orient, preparing minds and desires for Bonaparte's great expedition to Egypt. For almost four years, Volney had immersed himself in the culture and history of Egypt and the Near East. His account of the experience left its mark on his contemporaries in France and throughout Europe.
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SUITE DE TROIS OUVRAGES SUR LA SYRIE : - DUSSAUD (R.) DESCHAMPS (Paul), SEYRIG (Henri). La Syrie antique et médiévale illustrée, 160 phototypical plates. In-4, bound in publisher's half cloth, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1931. - VOLNEY (C.F.), Voyage en Égypte et en Syrie pendant les années 1783,1784, et 1785 suivi de considérations sur la guerre des Russes et des Turks publiés en 1788 1789... in-8, bound. 1 engraved map and plates. Volumes 2 and 3, Parmantier, Paris, 1825.A great classic of travel literature in the Orient, preparing minds and desires for Bonaparte's great expedition to Egypt. For almost four years, Volney had immersed himself in the culture and history of Egypt and the Near East. His account of the experience left its mark on his contemporaries in France and throughout Europe.
