Constantin-Francois Volney 
Travels Through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 [PDF ebook] 
Containing the Present Natural and Political State of Those Countries, Their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; With Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs; Illustrated With Copper Plates

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