Voyage par l'Italie, en Egypte au Mont-Liban et en Palestine ou Terre Sainte [A Journey Through Italy, to Egypt, to Mount Lebanon and Palestine or the Holy land], [by Marie Dominique de Binos]. Paris: Briand et Letellier, [1798/1799] (on the title page: "An VII"). French. Two volumes.
Impressions from a journey of the French clergyman Marie Dominique de Binos (1730-1803) to the Middle east. De Binos started out on his Journey from France in 1766, travelled through Italy and from there continued to Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. In 1779, he returned to France via Cyprus. The book contains twelve engraves plates depicting the residents of the various areas he had visited and their traditional costumes. One of the engravings depicts a woman from Jerusalem.
Volume I: [2] leaves, 301, [3] pp + [6] plates (bluish paper). Volume II: [2] leaves, 367, [1] pp + [6] plates (bluish paper). 17 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Ink notation on the back free endpaper of the first volume. The front free endpaper of the second volume is partly detached. Leather-covered bindings, with gilt impressions, slightly damaged (with rubbings and small tears). The spine of the first volume is detached and the spine of the second volume is partly detached.