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Voyage Dans Le Levant en 1817 et 1818
by FORBIN, M. Le C.te De
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About This Item
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1819. First. hardcover. very good(+). Large copper engraved folding plan of Saint Sepulcre. Octavo, [12], 460pp. Contemporary tree calf, some scuffing barely visible. Decoratively gilt spine, red leather spine label, marbled edges. Rare text volume to accompany Forbin's illustrated atlas folio work on the Levant. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1819. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Forbin (1770 %u2013 1841) was Director of museums of France in 1816, a position that would allow him a year-long tour throughout the Levant, authorized to purchase antiquities for the Louvre, Forbin travelled to Greece, Constantinople, Acre, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Rama, Gaza, Cairo and Egypt.<br/><br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 276345
- Title
- Voyage Dans Le Levant en 1817 et 1818
- Author
- FORBIN, M. Le C.te De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good(+)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- de l'Imprimerie Royale
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1819
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