Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary
Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding by Claude-Etienne Savary

Savary’s literary letters on Egypt, in attractive contemporary binding 1788

Claude-Etienne Savary

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  • A proposito di opere d'arte
    Brieven over Egypte.
    Amsterdam, Martinus de Bruyn, 1788-1789. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 4 numbered engraved folding plates, including maps of Egypt and northern Egypt, a plan of Alexandria, and a cross-section of the Great pyramid. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spines and binding edges.

    Surprisingly rare first and only edition of the Dutch translation of a collection of literary letters published after Savary's travels in Egypt (1777/79). Claude Étienne Savary (1750-1788) was a French Arabic scholar and traveller, known for his translation of the Quran and his posthumously published Arabic grammar. The letters provide, in a polished literary style, a broad overview of the country, treating its rich history, (historical) inhabitants, agriculture, trade, politics, religion, etc. The first two volumes detail his travels, while the third is pure didactic and treats Egyptian mythology, etc. "Savary was the first Frenchman to cite Arabic texts in a work of this nature, and indeed his knowledge of Arabic served him well in his travels at a time when there were many difficulties for the European explorer in Egypt" (Blackmer)
    Only the flyleaves and title-pages are slightly foxed, otherwise in very good condition, nearly untrimmed. Bindings only slightly rubbed along the hinges, otherwise very good and attractive bindings.

    STCN (2 copies); WorldCat (4 copies, incl. 2 the same); cf. Blackmer 1492/977; Gay 1622; Howgego, to 1800, S53.
  • A proposito di opere artista
    Claude-Étienne Savary (1750, Vitré – 1788) è stato un orientalista, pioniere dell'egittologia e viaggiatore, noto per la sua traduzione del Corano e per la sua grammatica araba pubblicata postuma. Le sue Lettres sur l'Égypte (Lettere sull'Egitto), pubblicate a Parigi nel 1785-1786, forniscono, in uno stile letterario raffinato, un'ampia panoramica del paese, trattando la sua ricca storia, abitanti (storici), agricoltura, commercio, politica , religione, ecc. I primi due volumi descrivono in dettaglio i suoi viaggi, mentre il terzo è puramente didattico e tratta la mitologia egizia, ecc. La traduzione olandese Brieven over Egypte fu pubblicata ad Amsterdam nel 1788 e nel 1789 in tre volumi. Partito per l'Egitto nel 1776, Savary soggiornò ad Alessandria, Rosette e Il Cairo e visitò alcune isole greche. Le lettere di Savary sono uno dei primi resoconti letterari di viaggi in Egitto. Altre pubblicazioni di sua mano: Le Coran, traduit de l'arabe (Parigi/Amsterdam/Leyde, 1782-1783), Morale de Mahomet (Parigi, 1784), Lettres sur la Grèce, faisant suite de celles de l'Égypte (Parigi ,1788) (che descrive in particolare le isole di Rodi e Creta), Grammaire de la langue arabe vulgaire et littérale (Parigi, 1813, opera postuma).

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