Language: French
Published by Ferra Jeune Libraire, Paris, 1816
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Oxford, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. X, 238 pp./ 166 pp./ 219 pp.; half-titles, 24 hand colour plates after drawings by F. Massard, period tan calf, decorated flat spine gilt, gilt edges, light shelf wear to covers, edges rubbed, marbled end paper, biblio/ index, set clean and in very good condition. Rare early work on the bedouins. The editor in his preface mentions that the author's name of this book is Dom Raphael of Egyptian origin who brought to France material related to Bedouin life, gathered by him from Egypt and Syria where he lived for a long time. In fact, Raphael de Monachis [Dom Raphael, Raphaël Antun Zakhûr de Monachis], born in Cairo from a Syrian family, was the priest to the Greek community in Cairo, He was an Arab member of the French Institute of Egypt and the first interpreter of the Diwan from Cairo. This work edited by F. J. Mayeux, provides a comprehensive view of the local tribes in Egypt and Syria at the time of the French Expedition and was probably composed during the French occupation. The first volume deals with the tribes of Egypt before and after Islam, while the other two volumes discusses the conditions, customs, and traditions of the Bedouins of Syria, based on the personal observations of the author. Bibliographic References: [ Gay 3587 under F. J. Mayeux]; Macro 1555. Gay 3587. OCLC 25988256. #30204.
Hardcover. F. Massard (illustrator). 1st Edition. 3 volumes. First edition. With 24 black and white engraved plates with tissue guards across all three volumes. Contemporary green leather with gilt embossment logo of Instituion Hallays-Dabot on both front and rear. Spine of third volume perished with strip of binding leather used to secure it. Quite sturdy, but not particularly presentable. Internally contents clean, bright, and quite fresh. Marbled edges and endpages. Macro 1555. Gay 3587.
Published by Paris, Ferra jeune, 1816
Seller: Librairie de l'Avenue - Henri Veyrier, Saint-Ouen, FR, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon état. 3 volumes, in-12 plein veau jaspé ép., dos lisses richement ornés, p. de titre et de tom. en mar. rouge, tr. marbrées. Bien complet des 24 figures hors-texte en couleurs. Dos du tome 2 refait à l'identique, qqs restaurations, galeries de vers en marge intérieure aux tomes 1 et 2. Infimes rousseurs. Bon exemplaire. Rare première édition de cette étude précoce sur les Bédouins de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, couvrant leurs murs, lois et coutumes civiles et religieuses. Raphaël de Monachis (1759-1831), né au Caire d'une famille syrienne, était prêtre à la communauté grecque au Caire, représentant de l'Est dans le premier Institut d'Egypte et premier interprète du Diwan du Caire. L'ouvrage édité par FJ Mayeux, fournit une vue d'ensemble des tribus locales au moment de l'expédition française. Les premier volume traite des tribus de l'Egypte avant et après l'Islam, les deux suivants des coutumes et des traditions des Bédouins de la Syrie, sur la base des observations personnelles de l'auteur. Il est superbement illustré de 24 compositions gravée au pointillé par Charlin d'après F. Massart, finement aquarellé à l'époque. in-12°.