Item 67296Volney's Ruins; or, Meditation on the Revolution of Empires. Translated Under the Immediate Inspection of the Author from the Sixth Paris Edition. To which is added, The Law of Nature, and a Short Biographical Notice, by Count Daru: Also, the controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney.
Printed in the USA. Charles Gaylord. 1835. 1835 edition. Cloth and paper over boards. Hardcover cloth (tan) over paper (illustrated) over boards. 12mo. 216 pp. Illustrated with a b/w engraved frontispiece. No edition marks. Remnants of a paper label on the spine. Faded, partially legible inscription on the front flyleaf.....