A BOOK, Africana, 1787, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney: Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte.
Paris, 1787. 8vo. XVI, 384; VIII, 464 pp. + 2 folding engraved maps + one folding plan + 2 folding engr. plates.
Två volymer, samtida skinnband, ngt nötta, svaga falsar. / Two volumes, contemporary full calf, worn, hinges a trifle weak.
Andra upplagan. / Second edition. Volney’s popular and highly-regarded work was the result of three years’ travels, a good deal of which time was spent in Cairo.
Ibrahim-Hilmy, 1, s. 186.
Kulumaa.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.