VOYAGE EN EGYPTE ET EN SYRIE

Volney's travels in Egypt and in the Levant in the 1780s reveals the reality of this area through the sharp descriptions and observations of this learned French young man. Volney continued his career in France as a politician, and wrote one of the most infuential books of his time on the history and fate of empires.

Aharon Amir translated from French.

1996; VIII/286 pp. + 7 drawings & maps; 1 picture. 1 map; Published in cooperation with Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi