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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  • Sobre 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.
  • Sobre artista
    Claude-Étienne Savary (1750, Vitré - 1788) foi um orientalista, pioneiro da egiptologia e viajante, conhecido por sua tradução do Alcorão e sua gramática árabe publicada postumamente. Suas Lettres sur l'Égypte (Cartas sobre o Egito), publicadas em Paris em 1785-1786, fornecem, em um estilo literário polido, uma visão ampla do país, tratando de sua rica história, habitantes (históricos), agricultura, comércio, política , religião, etc. Os dois primeiros volumes detalham suas viagens, enquanto o terceiro é puramente didático e trata da mitologia egípcia, etc. A tradução holandesa Brieven sobre Egypte foi publicada em Amsterdã em 1788 e 1789 em três volumes. Tendo partido para o Egito em 1776, Savary ficou em Alexandria, Rosette e Cairo e visitou várias ilhas gregas. As cartas de Savary são um dos primeiros relatos literários de viagens no Egito. Outras publicações feitas por ele: Le Coran, traduit de l'arabe (Paris / Amsterdam / Leyde, 1782-1783), Morale de Mahomet (Paris, 1784), Lettres sur la Grèce, faisant suite de celles de l'Égypte (Paris , 1788) (descrevendo particularmente as ilhas de Rodes e Creta), Grammaire de la langue arabe vulgaire et littérale (Paris, 1813, uma obra póstuma).

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