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CHATEAUBRIAND, F. A. DE TRAVELS IN GREECE, PALESTINE, EGYPT, AND BARBARY, DURING THE YEARS 1806 AND 1807.
New-York Van Winkle and Wiley 1814 Hardcover
Translated from the French by F. Shoberl. 8vo. in worn old worn leather with printed title label on spine; front cover detached. With 7 plates, including map, as listed; plus folding frontis map (missing the bottom folded section). Moderate foxing throughout. Chateaubriand (1768-1848), French author and diplomat, wrote this book based on his travels initiated as a research trip for a proposed book set during the Roman persecution of early Christianity, but in this manifestation a history of Athens and Sparta during Augustus' reign and "inquires into the authenticity of the religious traditions relative to Jerusalem."
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