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Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820

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  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
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  • view A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America / by C.F. Volney ... ; translated, with occasional remarks, by C. B. Brown ; with maps and plates.
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    A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America / by C.F. Volney ... ; translated, with occasional remarks, by C. B. Brown ; with maps and plates.

    Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820. | Date: 1804
  • view Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785 ... / By M.C.-F. Volney. Translated from the French.
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    Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785 ... / By M.C.-F. Volney. Translated from the French.

    Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820. | Date: 1787
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    The ruins: or A survey of the revolutions of empires. By C-F. Volney. One of the deputies of the National Assembly of 1789, and author of Travels into Syria and Egypt. A new translation from the French. [Nine lines from Volney]

    Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820. | Date: 1799
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    The law of nature, or Principles of morality, deduced from the physical constitution of mankind and the universe. By C-F. Volney. [Two lines from Pope]

    Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820. | Date: 1796
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    The torch, or, a light to enlighten the nations of Europe in their way towards peace and happiness. Extracted from De Volney's Ruins.

    Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820. | Date: 1798?]
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