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JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE - L’EGYPTE ET LA SYRIE
First edition. A. Nepveu, Paris, 1814. 6 volumes; Vol. 1: 269 pages, Vol. 2: 226 pages, Vol. 3: 254 pages, Vol. 4: 206
pages, Vol. 5: 249 pages, Vol. 6: 269 pages. Size: 13.5 x 9 cm. A total of 84 engravings, 27 of which are fold-out.
Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt decorative spines and titles, gilt borders on the covers. In excellent condition. Atabey 148, Blackmer 200, Ibrahim Hilmy 87, Brunet I 1226.
THE FRENCH AUTHOR BRETON DE LA MARTINIÈRE ACCOMPANIED NAPOLEON’S CAMPAIGNS IN EGYPT AND SYRIA IN 1798 ALONG WITH THE RENOWNED PRINTER OF THE TIME, JEAN-JOSEPH MARCEL, AND PUBLISHED HIS OBSERVATIONS IN A SIX-VOLUME WORK TITLED L’ÉGYPTE ET LA SYRIE. IN THIS WORK, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FABRIC, DAILY LIVES, RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS, CLOTHING, AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS OF THE PEOPLE IN THESE REGIONS, WITH 84 UNIQUE ENGRAVINGS BY LUIGI MAYER, IN A STYLE THAT BEAUTIFULLY REFLECTS THE CURIOSITY OF FRENCH ORIENTALISM OF THE PERIOD.
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