VOLNEY. Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte. Paris, Dugour et Durand, an VII; 2 vol. in-8 (198 x 125 mm), green shagreened calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, cherry calf title-papers, gilt garland on covers (Period bindings). 3 maps and 4 repl. plates (the Sphynx, the Pyramids, view and plan of Baalbek) out of 5. 3rd edition, much enlarged, published on the eve of the Egyptian Expedition. In addition to describing the beauty of the sites and monuments, Volney provides important political, economic and military information of an accuracy that Berthier, Bourienne... and Bonaparte - whose adviser he became at the beginning of the Consulate - will all admire. This edition is augmented by Considérations sur la guerre des Turks en 1788 with a Carte relative au Partage éventuel de la Turquie. A very fine copy, elegantly bound. Paper loss in the outer margin of one leaf with very slight damage to 3 letters.