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Letters on Egypt: Containing, a Parallel Between the Manners of Its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, Its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion; With the Descent of Louis Ix at Damietta. Extracted from Joinville, and Arabian Authors
by M Savary (claude Etienne)
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Letters on Egypt Containing, a Parallel between the Manners of its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion; with the Descent of Louis IX At Damietta. Extracted from Joinville, and Arabian Authors
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Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson. Fair. 1787. Hardcover. UGLY! Whew! 2 volumes ex-library, no maps or plans, newer cloth spines lettered in black. Original edition; you can read it, anyway. .
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Letters on Egypt, Containing, A Parallel between the Manners of its ancient and modern Inhabitants, its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion;; With The Descent of Louis IX at Damietta. Extracted from Joinville and Arabian Authors in two volumes
by Savary, M. (Claude Étienne), 1750-1788
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London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, 1787. Second edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. xi 467pp, 490pp (14pp index). Two volume set. Bound in full brown leather red leather spine labels and gilt spine design. Illustrated with four plates which consist of 3 folding maps, of Egypt, the city of Alexandria, and the Nile River Delta, and a plan of the great pyramid. There is some foxing to the plates and a small closed tear to the plan; else in nice condition. Front hinge of volume one starting. Nice set. Armorial bookplate of Robert Hunter Esq, of Thurston on front fixed endpaper of both volumes. ESTC T12193.
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LETTERS ON GREECE: Being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, and Containing Travels Through Rhodes, Crete and Other Islands of the Archipelago; with Comparative Remarks on the Ancient and Present State and Observations of the Government, Character, and Manners of the Turks, and Modern Greeks. Translated from the French of M. Savary.
by [Greece; Travels Mediterranean]; Savary M. [Claude Etienne]
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Dublin: L. White, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and B. Dornin, 1788. First Edition, Irish Issue, same year as the English Issue. Rare. 8vo, bound in contemporary polished calf, the spine gilt ruled and with red morocco lettering piece gilt. i[iv], 407, [8 index] pp. A very well preserved copy, the binding still strong and with only light evidence of age or use, the text-block clean and crisp. FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN DUBLIN AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ENGLISH PRINTING IN LONDON. 'Savary was the first Frenchman to cite Arabic texts in his work...and indeeed his knowledge of Arabic served him well in his traels when there were many difficutlites for European travelers in the Mediterranean areas. His letters on Greece are descriptive of the places and inhabitants he viited (especially the Dodecanese).' see Blackmer 977 p. 445
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