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VOLNEY, - De rui¨nen, of Overdenking over de staats-omwentelingen

 1568165987,
The Hague (Den Hage)/Delft, Leeuwestyn/Roelofswaert, 1796, 8vo., half leather binding with title plate and gold tooling on spine and speckled paper on the front and back cover, with original ribbon bookmark, 283 pp., paper on the front cover slightly damaged and front flyleaf somewhat loosened but otherwise in very good condition, two beautiful plates: frontispiece (Hier bloeide wel eer eene pragtige stad) and large astrological fold-out plate. l Dutch translation of the original work in French. An English translation was started by Thomas Jefferson, but remained incomplete when he became occupied with the 1800 presidential campaign. The translation was finished by Joel Barlow. Also translated in Dutch as: "De puinhoopen. Beschouwing van de omwenteling der staten gevolgd van de natuurlijke wet" in 1881.
EUR 402.50 [Appr.: US$ 472.31 | £UK 349.25 | JP¥ 69490] Book number 64803

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