Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, de Volney (Paris, 1807) VOLNEY, Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.- Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 84 et 85.- Quatrième édition.- Paris: Chez Courcier, 1807.- 2 vols.: il.; 20 cm.- E. The Count of Volney (1757-1820), intellectual, philosopher, archaeologist, traveler and French Orientalist, was certainly one of the most popular authors of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th, not only in France but throughout Europe and the United States; all of his work, but in particular The Ruins of Palmira (1789), a true “best seller”, contributed decisively to the spread of the taste for Greco-Latin antiques scattered throughout the Mediterranean basin. Fourth edition of his second book (the first date 1787), in two volumes, illustrated with five copperplate prints and three fold-out maps, with the following collation: I - [4], X, 487, [1] p .: 2 unfolded prints, 2 unfolded maps .; II - [4], 492 p .: 3 unfolded prints, 1 unfolded map. Copy slightly trimmed, but clean, with all the engravings neatly folded, lined with contemporary binders, whole sheepskin, slightly handled, with mottled patine. Provenance: Roberto Gulbenkian Library.