VOLNEY, Constantin François. Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785, Paris: Desenne and Volland, 1787, 2 volumes, 4°, second edition, 2 folding engraved maps, one folding plan and 2 folding plates (some browning along folds of maps and plates), modern calf gilt. [cf. Blackmer 1749: "His work, which is not an account of his travels, but the sum of his observations, enjoyed a tremendous success on its appearance. It constitutes the best exposé of the Ottoman Egypt at the end of the 18th century. 'One of the most exact and valuable works of the kind ever published' (--Cox, p. 235)."] (2)