Voyage Du Maréchal Duc De Raguse En Hongrie, En Transylvanie, Dans La Russie Méridionale.

MARMONT, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse De, Duc de Raguse [1774-1852].

Edité par Paris: Ladvocat, 1839., 1839

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4 Volumes (of 5) text 8vo. & 4to. Atlas. pp. 2 p.l., 402; 2 p.l., 396; 2 p.l., 406, [1 leaf]; 2 p.l., 384. with half-titles. lithographed portrait of the author, 12 engraved plates by Finden after Dauzats, Meyer & Vasserot, & 8 double-page engraved maps & plans (2 also folding). 1 diagram in the text. contemporary cloth-backed bds. (spines slightly rubbed, 2 wrongly numbered, foot of atlas volume defective, some foxing throughout, several leaves very browned, small library rubberstamp on titles). Second Edition. The author, a distinguished French general, enjoyed a brilliant career but he was disgraced when he failed to suppress the revolt of July, 1830, his name was struck off the army list and he was exiled. The present work relates his travels in Hungary, Transylvania, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Malta. The section on Egypt occupies Volume III and most of Volume IV. This set is lacking the last volume of text, relating the author's travels in Sicily. The engraved plates include plans of Egypt and Alexandria, maps of Sicily and Mount Etna, and views of Balbec, Cairo, Jerusalem, Alexandria, &c. Ibrahim-Hilmy I 170. cfBrunet 19931. cfGay 2136. cfTobler 155-56. Not in Blackmer.

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• Titre: Voyage Du Maréchal Duc De Raguse En Hongrie, En Transylvanie, Dans La Russie Méridionale.
• Éditeur: Paris: Ladvocat, 1839.
• Date de parution: 1839
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
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