The Ruins: Or, a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires: By M. Volney. Translated from the French. London: Printed for J. Johnson, MDCCXCII (1792).
This work was a significant influence on Thomas Jefferson.
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Provenance:
Ink ownership inscription of Thomas P. Meades.
Ownership stamp of James D. Rudolf.
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With a foldout plate titled "A View of the Astrological Heaven of the Ancients, to explain the Mysteries of the Persian, Jewish, & Christian, Religions.
Size: 136 x 211 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Rebound in quarter brown calf over marbled paper backed boards with a large remnant of the original backstrip pasted over the new, retaining the tooled label. Binding near fine with minor signs of wear. Both boards securely attached. With new pastedowns and endpapers, one original blank remains in the back. Ink stamp to the back side of the frontispiece. Ink ownership inscription to the head of the title page. The "t" in "the" at the head of the title page rubbed out. Text block fairly clean with some foxing throughout and light edge toning. Uncollated.
