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an old map of the world with a map of the continentsan open book with a title in french on a white backgroundan open book on a table with a white backgroundan open book with a picture of a tree and a city in the backgroundsomeone is holding a piece of paper with a map on itan old book sitting on top of a table next to a white backgroundan old book that is sitting on a tablean old book sitting on top of a wooden tablean old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surface
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304 - VOLNEY. *Les Ruines*, or a meditation on revolutions and emp…
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Estimate €80 - €120
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VOLNEY. *Les Ruines*, or a meditation on revolutions and empires. Paris, published by Desenne, Volland and Plassant, January 1792. 8vo, marbled sheepskin, plain spine decorated with gilt scrolls, red leather title label, blind-stamped scroll on the edges, edges speckled with red. XVI and 350 pages, 3 engraved plates, including 2 fold-out plates. Binding slightly rubbed, a few scuffs, one wormhole and incipient tears at the top and bottom of the spine. Rare foxing. Second edition, illustrated with 3 plates, including a view of an eastern seaport and two fold-out maps showing a terrestrial planisphere and an ancient astrological chart of the heavens. A seminal work of deist thought, at the crossroads of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, this philosophical and mystical essay enjoyed considerable success in France, England and the United States. Thomas Jefferson even undertook a translation of it. A fresh copy, in a contemporary binding.
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